Tkachuk pokes Quick in the eye after the whistle - UPD: 2 Game Suspension

[KrisLetAngry]

I was hoping for 4 games but atleast it was 2 games suspension.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Wait…only 2 games for that??

This farce of a league really has zero credibility anymore.

Well, at least no more credibility above that of other professional sports for which player safety is similarly a bad joke, other than the QB in the NFL who are actually protected, but only because the owners didn't like the lost revenues when their QBs went down.

 

[kilowatt]

I don't know about you, but if I got poked in the eye, it would take me fewer than 2 seconds to react to it...

Quick reacted immediately, so I don’t know what you’re trying to say.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

I think that’s a reasonable argument but because Tkachuk has previously jabbed a player in the face on a similar play, it should be no less than 2 games.

He clearly didn’t get the message from the fine that jabbing your stick at a players face is not a safe way to agitate someone.

nailed it

 

[Ratsreign]

Funny enough, Quick did try to pick a fight with him at the end of the game.

Not just Quick. Kopitar of all people took issue with Tkachuk. The only other player to bring that reaction out from Anze was Alexandre Burrows.

Kopitar had to jump in because Quick was already taking matters into his own hands.
(not saying that Kopitar wouldn’t have anyway)

 

[Oilslick941611]

No room in the game for that shit.

 

[Nasti]

Biggest rat in the game

Next time the Panthers score in the playoffs, they should throw him onto the ice.

 

[summer tooth]

He may have just been twirling his stick. Yet you still have to be responsible for your stick at all times. A lot of people are also using the term "inadvertent" to describe the incident.
Although that may be correct, it's still a penalty.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

He may have just been twirling his stick. Yet you still have to be responsible for your stick at all times. A lot of people are also using the term "inadvertent" to describe the incident.
Although that may be correct, it's still a penalty.

You'd have to be the most naive person in the world to think that was inadvertent.

 

[adsfan]

As a Nashville fan, I have to say that was dirty. How often do you see a goalie go after a skater?

Two games and $5K doesn't seem like enough, but I can live with it. Next time, make it 4 games and a $5K fine.

 

[HabSgt]

Matt Tkachuk, back from suspension, squares off with an opposing player.

"Hey, who is that & why is he staring at me like that?"

 

[VijayPatel11]

Quick reacted immediately, so I don’t know what you’re trying to say.

I guess... he moved his head immediately, then a few seconds later realized he could potentially get a call by falling down like he'd been shot

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I guess... he moved his head immediately, then a few seconds later realized he could potentially get a call by falling down like he'd been shot

Stop trying to deflect the issue here, which is Tkachuk making a bush league dirt bag attempt at Quick's eye.

 

[fsanford]

Hollywood.

Well Tkachuk certainly thought he was in a fight scene from Game of Thrones using his stick like a weapon the POS

 

[kilowatt]

I guess... he moved his head immediately, then a few seconds later realized he could potentially get a call by falling down like he'd been shot

You're wrong.



It's literally immediate.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Tkachuk got suspended and Johnathan Quick's eyeball was quickly put back into its socket. All's well that ends well.

 

[Seras]

I'm just trying to imagine what kind of person would intentionally put their stick into someone's eye in the hopes that it hurts them.

People like that usually wind up in prison

 

[HockeyFan100]

Should've been 4-5 games.

 

[TheNumber4]

Only 2 games for attempted blinding, huh.

 

[rboomercat90]

Tkachuk is great… new age Corey perry.

Perfected the art of making dirty plays look casually accidental

He played a lot of years learning from Mark Giordano. Another guy who was a master at making dirty plays look casually accidental.

 

[blundluntman]

I don't know about you, but if I got poked in the eye, it would take me fewer than 2 seconds to react to it...

*looks at profile picture*
Yeah. Ok.

 

[goldnblack]

2 is better than none. It's pretty amazing how the league is slowly changing. This would have been 0 not that long ago.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Not a fan of the play, suspension is warranted. Love Matty, but don't do that shit again.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Surprised it was 2 games, Quick is a known drama queen.

 

[Mats26]

2 is better than none. It's pretty amazing how the league is slowly changing. This would have been 0 not that long ago.

Absolutely would of been 0 games years ago. But the rat would of left the ice on a stretcher. The league has changed for sure.