Nurse DoPS hearing for cross checking Quinton Byfield - suspended 1 game (Mod Warning Post #136)

[Three On Zero]

I don’t like DoPS and think it sucks but Nurse should still be suspended multiple games for that egregious hit.

All predatory head contact should be a suspension

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Nurse completely missed on the first one, guy can’t even cross check a guy in the head right.

inexcusable, especially considering he has Mcdavid on his team, and that’s a guy who’s generational at properly feeding the lumber to the head and neck area. Hopefully they’re working Darnell’s technique because it needs work.

 

[rebuildorbust]

Interesting timing

 

[dabeechman]

Interesting timing

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

 

[Juxta Position]

This bolded bit here, really really hard to tell how much the lack of self awareness is in you....

Every time an Oiler gets looked at cross-eyed there's a main forum thread.....

I mean this is the scrum you are referring to....nowhere near as bad as bulldogging a guy's head into the ice...that you are ok with.....

Considering the injury was much more severe and Byfield's head did not "bulldog" anywhere near the ice. Thank you for proving my point about the double standards with your team.

 

[Nasti]

I wonder how many games Kadri will get...

Another first round pick forfeiture for Ottawa.

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

Considering the injury was much more severe and Byfield's head did not "bulldog" anywhere near the ice. Thank you for proving my point about the double standards with your team.

Headlock, drove him head first into the ice.....and....he was not anywhere near the ice...holy f***....

 

[Nasti]

Bit of a message? What’s the message, none of your actions will have any really consequences?

Don’t you know? Players in this league don’t know that you’re not supposed to cross check guys in the back of the head. Nurse will now be made aware and will cross his heart and hope to die that he’ll never do it again.

 

[dabeechman]

Headlock, drove him head first into the ice.....and....he was not anywhere near the ice...holy f***....

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Oilers fans are really sick regarding this. It’s like the desperation and let downs of losing begetting more losing has them literally selling their soul to win a cup. I’m all about physical play but doing chicken shit stuff like what Nurse did last night is neither tough or effective. It’s just a lack of self control and desperation.

What he did isn’t hockey, it’s not self defense, it’s not playing big. If he did that in the street he would be in jail.

 

[mobilus]

If Reaves got five games for his hit on Nurse, Nurse should be getting at least the same.

 

[flyfysher]

And I'm telling you the DoPS has a history of not giving players what they deserve. Pietrangelo's 2 handed axe swing on Draisaitl's wrist was a lot worse than this and he only got a game, and really the league decided to even it up by suspending Nurse 1 game for an instigator that not only wasn't an instigator, but was a scenario that had happened twice that year (instigator in the last 5 minutes) and neither of those incidents resulted in a suspension.

The DoPS cares only about optics and trying to look like they aren't influencing playoff series. They don't actually give a shit about player safety or proper punishment when guys intentionally try to hurt each other.

Look, I share your concerns about the DoPS. IMO, they suck. I am unfamiliar with the Pietroangelo foul so I don’t feel qualified commenting on it other than to say I would not condone what he did if your allegations are true and certainly would agree that DoPS was negligent if it failed to adequately address it. What I will say is that if Nurse did what he did to QB or any player, including McDavid or Draisatl then I’d be calling for the exact same sanction as reflecting the appropriate degree of discipline for the infraction. You simply can’t allow that sort of conduct by Nurse or any player. If someone got hurt then it would be sad because it was unnecessary. Someone needs to be the adult in the room. So I don’t buy any argument that the Oilers are being singled out. The proposed sanction is as much for the Oilers players protection.

 

[Vukotal Recall]

This. Be mildly shocked if he got more than 1. That play should be 4-5 though.

It shouldn't be 4-5, it should be 45. But the NHL will never protect its players from each other and from itself.

 

[dabeechman]

Oilers fans are really sick regarding this. It’s like the desperation and let downs of losing begetting more losing has them literally selling their soul to win a cup. I’m all about physical play but doing chicken shit stuff like what Nurse did last night is neither tough or effective. It’s just a lack of self control and desperation.

What he did isn’t hockey, it’s not self defense, it’s not playing big. If he did that in the street he would be in jail.

I've seen some of their fans say that they are completely OK with this type of behavior, and I just have to wonder how they'd respond if it was McD or Drai.

To LA, currently...Byfield is their best offensive weapon, so you have to imagine there was some strategy to that action.

 

[Wretched Oil]

A still shot as proof means you've lost the argument.

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

A still shot as proof means you've lost the argument.

So..slow motion, where the announcers are calling it dirty, shows him drive his head down into the ice, and then cross check him in the head.....and you show a video of that EXACT SAME THING....

And then say someone else loses the argument?

You feeling ok?

 

[ExarKun80]

Dumb play by a dumb player.

 

[Wretched Oil]

So..slow motion, where the announcers are calling it dirty, shows him drive his head down into the ice, and then cross check him in the head.....and you show a video of that EXACT SAME THING....

And then say someone else loses the argument?

You feeling ok?

Nurses arm is under his head on the initial fall, and the second hit is barely a love tap.

No pain was felt on the play, move on.

 

[belair]

So..slow motion, where the announcers are calling it dirty, shows him drive his head down into the ice, and then cross check him in the head.....and you show a video of that EXACT SAME THING....

And then say someone else loses the argument?

You feeling ok?

Drive his head down? It was under his arm. The headlock meant the impact was softened. The crosscheck was on the top of his helmet. Is this really how soft we're getting?

Is Byfield hurt?

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

Drive his head down? It was under his arm. The headlock meant the impact was softened. The crosscheck was on the top of his helmet. Is this really how soft we're getting?

Is Byfield hurt?

Yea...he is......I know that's surprising.

 

[Vikingstad]

So..slow motion, where the announcers are calling it dirty, shows him drive his head down into the ice, and then cross check him in the head.....and you show a video of that EXACT SAME THING....

And then say someone else loses the argument?

You feeling ok?

It's more of a headlock pull down to the ice, you can see his arm go around his head not just pushing from behind. This happens in a lot of games and often goes uncalled in scrums, or a roughing call.

The second one was uncalled for and unnecessary. Luckily it was more of a rake of the helmet than proper cross check but still dumb of nurse to do.

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

Nurses arm is under his head on the initial fall, and the second hit is barely a love tap.

No pain was felt on the play, move on.

Watch the neck....better yet....Oilers Practice, have Nurse do that to McDavid with the same intensity.....or LA can do it for you in warmups of game 1....

 

[tny760]

The headlock meant the impact was softened.

what a saint! softening the impact of driving his head to the ice!

 

[Vikingstad]

Yea...he is......I know that's surprising.

You don't think they just pulled him because why not protect the stars since there was nothing else to play for? They also pulled Kuemper, not like he was injured.

Frankly I fully expect him to be ready game 1 with no issues and would be surprised if that was a proper injury. Concussion protocol at best is my guess

 

[nerevarine]

Honestly looked like a dive by byfield to me, smart of him to sell the call though