Rielly suspended 5 games -- Appeal Denied

[SprDaVE]

Go grab a cup of Earl Grey.

Serious question - have you ever played hockey?

Why does it matter? I played competitive hockey all my life, coached my son almost every season and I play beer league hockey. Am I qualified enough to have an opinion now or...?

Why do you think a crosscheck to the face is something that needs to happen? There are so many ways of dealing with it and the worst possible path was chosen. It was dumb and irresponsible.

 

[Optimist]

Mo should have then dropped his gloves and knock some sense into him.

About time a Leaf showed some f***ing emotion after being embarrassed

Grieg would have turtled and made Mo look silly. The response was perfect.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Grieg would have turtled and made Mo look silly. The response was perfect.

You're trying to tell me that if Rielly dropped the gloves and Grieg turtled, Mo would have looked silly?? You got that backwards my man

 

[Gary Nylund]

Lmao the main board thread for this has 2000+ posts and will be 3k by the end of the day. Hating on the Leafs is half the reason these fans watch hockey.

I just had to go take a look after reading this post. Thanks for the tip, my amusement knows no bounds. Just what I need to brighten my day while I'm doing a bit of work at home.

 

[Zero1]

I f***ing love Rielly. He truly loves being a Maple Leaf. That’s a guy that actually cares. No matter how he plays, I’ll always have his back.

Morgan Rielly should be the Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

@diceman934 would be proud

 

[Brad C]

I love that he reacted, just wish he had dropped the mitts instead of a headshot.

I think that was MO intent to crush him into boards than lose the mitts.

But his stick rode up his shoulder and hit the head.

 

[GoonieFace]

A response was needed. How we responded wasn't right. The NHL always comes down hard on cross checks to the head

This is pretty much it, I’m all for a response but using your stick is not the right method. If Greig injured someone than sure chop his head off, but this was more about hurt feelings. Punch his face

 

[All Mod Cons]

It's actually extremely underrated how unbelievable Sheldon's response was to the incident.

Good on Sheldon to be fair.

 

[Clark4Ever]

It initially appeared to be a bit of an overreaction, but Rielly's emotions got the better of him, and understandably so.

One way or another, Grieg deserved it.

 

[jiggy35]

Deserved a response, should have just absolutely drilled him instead of a cross check. Better than Reaves doing f*** all after.

 

[TakeTheBody]

Yet it's OK when Brady Tkachuk does similar.

I'll take Brady or any Tkachuk on this team. Even the sister.

 

[Mckay]

Anyone who has a problem with it better never complain about lack of toughness or lack of a response ever again.

 

[MCR74]

Lmao the main board thread for this has 2000+ posts and will be 3k by the end of the day. Hating on the Leafs is half the reason these fans watch hockey.

That thread will last a week at least.

 

[GoonieFace]

Anyone who has a problem with it better never complain about lack of toughness or lack of a response ever again.

Using your stick is not toughness

 

[crump]

Fun fact: Greig’s dad Mark played for the Leafs in 93/94. I hope he gave him a stern talking to.

 

[I am Canadian]

Wish he would be smarter about it. Cross check him in the ribs where it hurts. The NHL really only cares about the head. Go for somewhere else

 

[Metroid]

So apparently what MO did was th worst thing the NHL has ever seen in th history of the he NHL

 

[PromisedLand]

Mo taught that young man a valuable life lesson

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

It was stupid whether he gets suspended or not (I'm betting he will get a few games), and "the code" is garbage.

 

[LeafSteel]

The only thing more lame than what Greig did is being an opposing fan coming into a rival teams forum to vote in a poll, ignoring what your player did to precipitate the incident in question.

Tell us the Leafs live rent free in your head without telling us the Leafs live rent free in your heads….

I wish Rielly had thrown down instead but I think Greig’s actions were much more premeditated than Rielly's response. Good on him not letting it go.

Now we wait for Punch Drunk Parros to spin the wheels of DOPs suspension while ignoring what Greig did to start things off: an action that would have elicited retaliation from every other team in the league.

The only player on the roster who I would buy a Leafs jersey for right now is Rielly . The team has become a bunch of pansified snowflakes.

 

[MCR74]

The only thing more lame than what Greig did is being an opposing fan coming into a rival teams forum to vote in a poll, ignoring what your player did to precipitate the incident in question.

Tell us the Leafs live rent free in your head without telling us the Leafs live rent free in your heads….

I wish Reilly had thrown down instead but I think Greig’s actions were much more premeditated than Rielly’s response. Good on him not letting it go.

Now we wait for Punch Drunk Parros to spin the wheels of DOPs suspension while ignoring what Greig did to start things off: an action that would have elicited retaliation from every other team in the league.

The only player on the roster who I would buy a Leafs jersey for right now is Reilly. The team has become a bunch of pansified snowflakes.

You said it.

 

[LeafSteel]

I think that was MO intent to crush him into boards than lose the mitts.

But his stick rode up his shoulder and hit the head.

This is how I saw it as well.

 

[al secord]

I thought he could've done more, but the response it generated around here makes me smile, so it's just right.

 

[ACC1224]

Surprised the Sens board doesn’t have a thread asking if their response to Rielly was appropriate