Perron suspended 6 games for crosscheck to the face on Zub - Mod warning Post #590

[JimmyApples]

lol see ya

 

[smitty10]

He's lucky it's only 6 games.

Crosschecking a guy in the face for no reason (he had nothing to do with the Larkin injury) is not a good look. Especially with his reputation, I assumed he'd be in the 8-10 game range.

 

[Emerica]

Any word on how long Joseph was suspended for?

He is going to have his hearing any time now

 

[Il Stugotz]

If this is a new standard. Fine by me. If other stick infractions to the dome continue to get onesies or twosies or a fine... then less fine.

Not all stick infractions are the same. It can never be as simple as you need it to be

 

[JD1]

I heard 2 minutes was enough

Idk, I read here that what he did was the most vile thing done in years, and he did it deliberately too

 

[Sensinitis]

Well deserved

 

[McFlyingV]

Perron got what he deserves, but (correct me if I missed it) how the hell did Joseph get nothing for this? A direct hit to the head causing injury to a star player. What an embarrassing league the NHL is.

Edit: I just now saw the other angle in slow motion, which somewhat diminishes the amount of force, but its still a shot in the head for no reason causing injury. Deserved at least a game.

 

[FMichael]

Surprised it wasn't 8 plus for Perron.

 

[Qward]

Perron got what he deserves, but (correct me if I missed it) how the hell did Joseph get nothing for this? A direct hit to the head causing injury to a star player. What an embarrassing league the NHL is.

It wasnt a direct hit to the head, he hit his shoulders as Larkin was moving down, that ended up with Josephs glove pushing Larkins head into the path of Kellys glove as he was coming in to box Larkin out.

It wasnt intentional, that is why he and Kelly only got 2 minutes each.

 

[2CHAINZ]

Perron got what he deserves, but (correct me if I missed it) how the hell did Joseph get nothing for this? A direct hit to the head causing injury to a star player. What an embarrassing league the NHL is.

Edit: I just now saw the other angle in slow motion, which somewhat diminishes the amount of force, but its still a shot in the head for no reason causing injury. Deserved at least a game.

He did; he got a 2-minute penalty.

 

[redwings85]

Shame that Perron went after the wrong guy. He only saw Larkin gone down and Zub was in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Emotions got the best of him. I’m actually shocked it’s 6 games for a first time offender. You saw how quickly Joseph and Kelly bailed after they did that.

 

[McFlyingV]

It wasnt a direct hit to the head, he hit his shoulders as Larkin was moving down, that ended up with Josephs glove pushing Larkins head into the path of Kellys glove as he was coming in to box Larkin out.

It wasnt intentional, that is why he and Kelly only got 2 minutes each.

I can see this argument, that maybe it rides up. Its hard to tell from the two angles I've seen, but regardless is still unnecessary for him to have his hands up that high. More a reckless play than malicious, but I'd still be fine with 1 game for that. League does nothing to protect its players or stars.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

If this is the precedent going forward I'm nervous what Mathieu decapitator Joseph will get when he's called for his in person hearing.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

He's lucky it's only 6 games.

Crosschecking a guy in the face for no reason (he had nothing to do with the Larkin injury) is not a good look. Especially with his reputation, I assumed he'd be in the 8-10 game range.

Honestly even if he had gotten the right guy it's not like that should reduce the suspension (I'm a Wings fan, for the record).

I was saying 5+. I'm fine with this suspension since it was completely retaliatory and while he may have caught a piece of Zub's shoulder pad, Zub is 6'3". That's not a "get a guy's attention because I want to fight him" crosscheck to the midsection. That's going for the upper body/head area.

As I'm guessing many have said, it's just unfortunate the league so rarely gets it right. They need to do a lot more to protect player's heads and there's a lot of players who've gotten off easy. Like the Trouba swing getting only a fine.

 

[Il Stugotz]

Do you think he’ll appeal?!

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Fair...

 

[Alex1234]

Shame that Perron went after the wrong guy. He only saw Larkin gone down and Zub was in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Emotions got the best of him. I’m actually shocked it’s 6 games for a first time offender. You saw how quickly Joseph and Kelly bailed after they did that.

Wrong spot at the wrong time lol

More like thinking is not Perron's forte

 

[Tobias Kahun]

I can see this argument, that maybe it rides up. Its hard to tell from the two angles I've seen, but regardless is still unnecessary for him to have his hands up that high. More a reckless play than malicious, but I'd still be fine with 1 game for that. League does nothing to protect its players or stars.

Either way, it’s not Joshua’s push that does any damage.

That’s a 2 minute penalty and that’s it

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Do you think he’ll appeal?!

Allan Walsh is his agent.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Do you think he’ll appeal?!

He's right about the "no hearing" part re: Trouba but that's about it. The fact that Zub played the next shift was good fortune. The league needs to stop reducing punishment due to lack of injury. The goal is to prevent them.

 

[Hoglander]

Good. About time Perron got nailed. A few years back, he speared Q. Hughes pretty hard in the chest, while the refs and league turned a blind eye. Rat bastard had it coming.

 

[ChurchOfAlfie]

"The Detroit organization argued that the cross-check was initially delivered to Zub's shoulder, and deflected to the face area, but that's a dumb as f*** argument and not what happened at all, jesus."

- The NHL in the suspension video, basically

 

[majormajor]

Honestly even if he had gotten the right guy it's not like that should reduce the suspension (I'm a Wings fan, for the record).

I actually think getting the right guy might matter to the suspension number here.

Gudbranson only got one game, and I can't think of any other reason than he was attacking someone who hurt him.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

6 that's pretty ridiculous, especially when you consider other things that get nothing.

No one can say anything, though. NHL doesn't want to listen to how trash the officials and Parros is.

 

[Sun God Nika]

I think 6 games is fair. a lil on the light end but still happy with it.