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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 11, 2024 16:56:01 GMT -6
Last night an Ottawa Senator scored an empty netter on a slap shot from six feet outside the goal mouth. Morgan Reilly of the Loafs thought it was inappropriate, so he chased down the Sen and cross checked him in the jaw. Hey, it's not like the Sen took a slap shot at the goalie 10 seconds after the whistle blew. So what if he took a slap shot on an empty netter. Who cares?
Morgan Reilly certainly defended an honored tradition that was defied by the slapper and the integrity of the league has been preserved. Under the moronic suspension code of this immoral league, he will probably get a five game suspension, instead of the 40 to 60 I would give him. The NHL will once again let its players know that they are free to do all they can to bring about great harm to other players without any fear of being punished appropriately for an egregious action designed to inflict grievous harm to another player. Sheldon Keife said Reillly's action was appropriate.
Fucked up player, fucked up coach and fucked up league.
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Post by vadarx on Feb 11, 2024 17:06:42 GMT -6
yeah, I hope they suspend him for the rest of the regular season. just a completely unnecessary response. go drop em with him or lay a big hit on him right there. cross checking him in the face is way over the top...
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 11, 2024 19:36:18 GMT -6
yeah, I hope they suspend him for the rest of the regular season. just a completely unnecessary response. go drop em with him or lay a big hit on him right there. cross checking him in the face is way over the top... As you would figure, I totally agree with your response. I just said tonight to someone that if Reilly had gone over and just body checked the Sen, that might have been appropriate, but a cross check to the face. I would not only suspend Reilly for the rest of the season, I would make him slow skate a gauntlet of Sens with sticks with permission to use them on Reilly's helmetless head in any way of their choosing. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Feb 11, 2024 20:08:06 GMT -6
yeah, I hope they suspend him for the rest of the regular season. just a completely unnecessary response. go drop em with him or lay a big hit on him right there. cross checking him in the face is way over the top... never seen this angle until just now. it's a lot more vicious than i first thought. |
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Post by Hockey is great on Feb 11, 2024 20:37:47 GMT -6
Scummy move by Reily
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Post by bigbarn27 on Feb 11, 2024 22:43:22 GMT -6
Yeah I would like to see 20 and games for Keefe also
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 12, 2024 8:27:22 GMT -6
Yeah I would like to see 20 and games for Keefe also I know a coach wants to have the backs of his players. But, there is a time to support a guy and there is another time to point out how awful an action is. Keefe chose to support his guy's commission of a criminal act. If the local authorities had any guts, Reilly would be prosecuted for felonious assault. I can understand why the cops don't want to get involved in making judgment calls on events that occur along the fine line between criminal activity and a legal play, but, in this situation, there is no doubt and no arguing to be had. This was a criminal act and Reilly should be prosecuted and imprisoned. The local cops are pure chicken shit for not arresting the mfer in the locker room, or on the ice, as soon as some cop was available to do his job. Fuck the league, the local cops and Reilly. |
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Post by hsbob on Feb 12, 2024 11:01:00 GMT -6
yeah, I hope they suspend him for the rest of the regular season. just a completely unnecessary response. go drop em with him or lay a big hit on him right there. cross checking him in the face is way over the top... As you would figure, I totally agree with your response. I just said tonight to someone that if Reilly had gone over and just body checked the Sen, that might have been appropriate, but a cross check to the face. I would not only suspend Reilly for the rest of the season, I would make him slow skate a gauntlet of Sens with sticks with permission to use them on Reilly's helmetless head in any way of their choosing. I agree with the both of ya,I'd expect some response. Just go over,scrum-it-up a bit and challenge the guy,everybody on that F'n team will drop the mitts......even the 21yro rookie Reilly cheap shotted if he woulda gave him a chance,he's a tough kid. But he didn't give him a chance,he just cross-checked him in the face. The hearing's tomorrow jack and I'm starting to agree with the point you've been making for some now........it's time to bring the hammer down and make an example of a player who deserves it! Just as I was thinkin' the Sens AIN'T the team you want looking for your ass the next time you see em,wouldn't you know it,the Leafs don't face em again this year. I guarantee that cowardly MF'er knew this......I GAURANTEE it! www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/why-don-cherry-sheldon-keefe-need-to-grow-up-about-morgan-rielly-cheap-shot-against-ridley-greig/ar-BB1iaHOI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f2715e18f0f34f92974912404baa9634&ei=55 |
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 12, 2024 16:04:27 GMT -6
As you would figure, I totally agree with your response. I just said tonight to someone that if Reilly had gone over and just body checked the Sen, that might have been appropriate, but a cross check to the face. I would not only suspend Reilly for the rest of the season, I would make him slow skate a gauntlet of Sens with sticks with permission to use them on Reilly's helmetless head in any way of their choosing. I agree with the both of ya,I'd expect some response. Just go over,scrum-it-up a bit and challenge the guy,everybody on that F'n team will drop the mitts......even the 21yro rookie Reilly cheap shotted if he woulda gave him a chance,he's a tough kid. But he didn't give him a chance,he just cross-checked him in the face. The hearing's tomorrow jack and I'm starting to agree with the point you've been making for some now........it's time to bring the hammer down and make an example of a player who deserves it! Just as I was thinkin' the Sens AIN'T the team you want looking for your ass the next time you see em,wouldn't you know it,the Leafs don't face em again this year. I guarantee that cowardly MF'er knew this......I GAURANTEE it! www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/why-don-cherry-sheldon-keefe-need-to-grow-up-about-morgan-rielly-cheap-shot-against-ridley-greig/ar-BB1iaHOI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f2715e18f0f34f92974912404baa9634&ei=55Thanks for the article. I still say that letting the NHL handle it is a cop out for the legal authorities in the supposedly civilized nation of Canada. Those authorities, whether the Mounties, or the Provincial Police, should arrest Reilly for felony assault with a deadly weapon and put him away for however long is the usual time of imprisonment for first time felony offenders. Prosecuting the asshole might have more effect on those who play the game with less than a fully functioning brain than does the minimal suspensions of the chicken shit league. It would be nice to see Reilly with a felony on his record for what he did. Although, it is possible that he would fail to appreciate the significance of that even given what we already know about his limited brain capacity as demonstrated by the fact that he did the act in the first place. |
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Post by tincup on Feb 12, 2024 16:09:47 GMT -6
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Post by mikeveisor on Feb 12, 2024 16:25:37 GMT -6
The Canoe caused a guffaw here. I like the creativity - first time TikTok sort of thing that's ever made me laugh. |
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Post by hsbob on Feb 13, 2024 11:47:00 GMT -6
Thanks for the article. I still say that letting the NHL handle it is a cop out for the legal authorities in the supposedly civilized nation of Canada. Those authorities, whether the Mounties, or the Provincial Police, should arrest Reilly for felony assault with a deadly weapon and put him away for however long is the usual time of imprisonment for first time felony offenders. Prosecuting the asshole might have more effect on those who play the game with less than a fully functioning brain than does the minimal suspensions of the chicken shit league. It would be nice to see Reilly with a felony on his record for what he did. Although, it is possible that he would fail to appreciate the significance of that even given what we already know about his limited brain capacity as demonstrated by the fact that he did the act in the first place. The absence of an injury would probably keep law enforcement out of it here or in Canada to be honest and that's a 'slippery slope' anyway. Reilly wouldn't be the only guy goin' to the shitter if they went that route. The league can handle this shit themselves if they ever decide to jack,Trouba got a 5K fine for a wicked two-handed slash to the head earlier this year,massive Gudbranson got two games for attacking an unsuspecting player from behind and punching his head into the ice and Perron got six for a retaliatory,viscous cross-check to the head of a player that also didn't result in serious injury,BUT the league saw fit to suspend a 21yro kid FOURTY ONE games for not betting on NHL games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOilLQpIBwwww.youtube.com/watch?v=HOwXzh--eQMwww.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQVyzW1Mhk |
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 13, 2024 12:22:45 GMT -6
Thanks for the article. I still say that letting the NHL handle it is a cop out for the legal authorities in the supposedly civilized nation of Canada. Those authorities, whether the Mounties, or the Provincial Police, should arrest Reilly for felony assault with a deadly weapon and put him away for however long is the usual time of imprisonment for first time felony offenders. Prosecuting the asshole might have more effect on those who play the game with less than a fully functioning brain than does the minimal suspensions of the chicken shit league. It would be nice to see Reilly with a felony on his record for what he did. Although, it is possible that he would fail to appreciate the significance of that even given what we already know about his limited brain capacity as demonstrated by the fact that he did the act in the first place. The absence of an injury would probably keep law enforcement out of it here or in Canada to be honest and that's a 'slippery slope' anyway. Reilly wouldn't be the only guy goin' to the shitter if they went that route. The league can handle this shit themselves if they ever decide to jack,Trouba got a 5K fine for a wicked two-handed slash to the head earlier this year,massive Gudbranson got two games for attacking an unsuspecting player from behind and punching his head into the ice and Perron got six for a retaliatory,viscous cross-check to the head of a player that also didn't result in serious injury,BUT the league saw fit to suspend a 21yro kid FOURTY ONE games for not betting on NHL games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOilLQpIBwwww.youtube.com/watch?v=HOwXzh--eQMwww.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQVyzW1MhkOK, so here is my point in allegorical form, take it or leave it: I am sitting in a restaurant and a couple (a traditional one, man and woman) walks in and the guy lets the woman pull out her own chair and take a seat. I am incensed to witness this; and so, I go over to the guy and break my dinner plate over his head for not pulling out the chair for her. He is not seriously hurt. The cops show up and want to know why I did it. I tell them that I did it because the guy failed to follow the tradition of pulling out a chair for a woman who was about to sit down. Do the cops: A. Arrest me on the spot after determining that there are no beds available immediately at the local psychiatric hospital? B. Decide that it would be best to let the guy upon whose head I broke the plate handle it with a civil lawsuit? C. Tell me that because I defended a time-honored tradition in an appropriate manner, I would not be arrested but would be referred to the local city hall for the citizen of the year award? Let's get real here. Did what the Sen did justify a cross check to the face with his hockey stick, which became a deadly weapon because it was not being used for its intended purpose, but was being used with an intention to cause severe bodily harm, or perhaps even death, if the right brain cells were activated by the hit to the head? |
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Post by hsbob on Feb 13, 2024 13:41:10 GMT -6
The absence of an injury would probably keep law enforcement out of it here or in Canada to be honest and that's a 'slippery slope' anyway. Reilly wouldn't be the only guy goin' to the shitter if they went that route. The league can handle this shit themselves if they ever decide to jack,Trouba got a 5K fine for a wicked two-handed slash to the head earlier this year,massive Gudbranson got two games for attacking an unsuspecting player from behind and punching his head into the ice and Perron got six for a retaliatory,viscous cross-check to the head of a player that also didn't result in serious injury,BUT the league saw fit to suspend a 21yro kid FOURTY ONE games for not betting on NHL games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOilLQpIBwwww.youtube.com/watch?v=HOwXzh--eQMwww.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQVyzW1MhkOK, so here is my point is allegorial form, take it or leave it: I am sitting in a restaurant and a couple (a traditional one, man and woman) walks in and the guy lets the woman pull out her own chair and take a seat. I am incensed to witness this; and so, I go over to the guy and break my dinner plate over his head for not pulling out the chair for her. He is not seriously hurt. The cops show up and want to know why I did it. I tell them that I did it because the guy failed to follow the tradition of pulling out a chair for a woman who was about to sit down. Do the cops: A. Arrest me on the spot after determining that there are no beds available immediately at the local psychiatric hospital? B. Decide that it would be best to let the guy upon whose head I broke the plate handle it with a civil lawsuit? C. Tell me that because I defended a time-honored tradition in an appropriate manner, I would not be arrested but would be referred to the local city hall for the citizen of the year award? Let's get real here. Did what the Sen did justify a cross check to the face with his hockey stick, which became a deadly weapon because it was not being used for its intended purpose, but was being used with an intention to cause severe bodily harm, or perhaps even death, if the right brain cells were activated by the hit to the head? Whoever said chivalry's dead?LOL! We both know the actions taken on a professional ice-hockey rink and on the 'street' are viewed differently,there are more than a few things you can legally do to each other in a hockey game that you just can't on the 'street'. Hit someone in the face with a stick(or a plate) and draw blood on the 'street' and I gotta think the consequences are more severe than sittin' by yourself for 4 minutes. This doesn't mean that nothing done on the ice rises to the level of legal assault as we've seen a few times in the NHL's past but it'll always be up to the league to deal with and they could if they wanted to. You know I'm still a bit old school when it comes to this 'code' stuff,BUT even the 'code' never included cross-checking an unsuspecting player in the face for something as trivial as what Grieg did. Slapping the puck into an empty net will rub most opponents the wrong way but if Reilly followed the 'code' he woulda attempted to fight the player or one of his teammates.......every Senator on the ice and the bench would have obliged him! If there is still a 'code' in hockey,Reilly better remember it because somebody on Ottawa is gonna look to fuck him up next time they meet because that's the real 'code'! |
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 13, 2024 17:04:13 GMT -6
OK, so here is my point is allegorial form, take it or leave it: I am sitting in a restaurant and a couple (a traditional one, man and woman) walks in and the guy lets the woman pull out her own chair and take a seat. I am incensed to witness this; and so, I go over to the guy and break my dinner plate over his head for not pulling out the chair for her. He is not seriously hurt. The cops show up and want to know why I did it. I tell them that I did it because the guy failed to follow the tradition of pulling out a chair for a woman who was about to sit down. Do the cops: A. Arrest me on the spot after determining that there are no beds available immediately at the local psychiatric hospital? B. Decide that it would be best to let the guy upon whose head I broke the plate handle it with a civil lawsuit? C. Tell me that because I defended a time-honored tradition in an appropriate manner, I would not be arrested but would be referred to the local city hall for the citizen of the year award? Let's get real here. Did what the Sen did justify a cross check to the face with his hockey stick, which became a deadly weapon because it was not being used for its intended purpose, but was being used with an intention to cause severe bodily harm, or perhaps even death, if the right brain cells were activated by the hit to the head? Whoever said chivalry's dead?LOL! We both know the actions taken on a professional ice-hockey rink and on the 'street' are viewed differently,there are more than a few things you can legally do to each other in a hockey game that you just can't on the 'street'. Hit someone in the face with a stick(or a plate) and draw blood on the 'street' and I gotta think the consequences are more severe than sittin' by yourself for 4 minutes. This doesn't mean that nothing done on the ice rises to the level of legal assault as we've seen a few times in the NHL's past but it'll always be up to the league to deal with and they could if they wanted to. You know I'm still a bit old school when it comes to this 'code' stuff,BUT even the 'code' never included cross-checking an unsuspecting player in the face for something as trivial as what Grieg did. Slapping the puck into an empty net will rub most opponents the wrong way but if Reilly followed the 'code' he woulda attempted to fight the player or one of his teammates.......every Senator on the ice and the bench would have obliged him! If there is still a 'code' in hockey,Reilly better remember it because somebody on Ottawa is gonna look to fuck him up next time they meet because that's the real 'code'! As you said, attempting to prosecute an action in a hockey game can easily become a "slippery slope"; and normally, I would not advocate for it. However, there are times when the action is so egregious that it demands prosecution. In my opinion, this was one of those times, especially given the reason for the retailiation. Some may disagree with my belief, but, so be it, it wouldn't be the first time that happened. I honestly would be pleased if the league gave him its usual minimal suspension; there was no prosecution, but some Sen fucked up Reilly to the max the next time the teams meet. I'm talking broken facial bones and some brain damage for the sauce. I would not want the usual retribution fight as we saw when Jamal Mayers challenged Rafi Torres to a fight in the first meeting between the Hawks and Coyotes after Torres wiped out Hossa in the playoffs the year before. Mayers dropped his gloves and threw a few punches before he erroneously decided that he had taught Torres a lesson. There are some people who need to be put of commission and put into a coma to learn a lesson. Torres was one of them and Reilly is another and I don't give a shit that Reilly has never been suspended before. No one gets one free murder or serious assault without punishment just because it was his first bad act. Fuck that and the NHL. |
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Post by tincup on Feb 13, 2024 18:26:34 GMT -6
Seems like 5 games, expensive to uphold the “code”, but if this really gels the team they can all pitch in to pay.
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Post by galaxytrash on Feb 13, 2024 18:55:15 GMT -6
Seems like 5 games, expensive to uphold the “code”, but if this really gels the team they can all pitch in to pay. rielly will forfeit $195,312.50 seems about right. could be good for the leafs actually. |
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 13, 2024 19:00:44 GMT -6
Yeah, 5 games, which should really deter cross checks to the face before, during or after a play. This moronic, immoral fucked up league never learns. Only 40 to 50 game to season long suspensions will deter completely egregious violence. On the other hand, if the league believes that violence is one of its selling points, then it is free to promote the use of violence in order to swell the revenues of the league members. They ain't getting any of my money to watch that shit. I'd much rather watch MMA matches where real fights occur.
I still hope some Sen puts Reilly in a coma after dropping the gloves and engaging in a fight in which both fighters agree to fight. So what, if the Sen gets in a lucky punch and ends Reilly's career. It will serve the asshole right and only be fair. Live by the stick and die by the fair punch. Maybe that will do the trick in deterring similar acts of violence
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Post by jacksalmon on Feb 13, 2024 19:06:15 GMT -6
Seems like 5 games, expensive to uphold the “code”, but if this really gels the team they can all pitch in to pay. rielly will forfeit $195,312.50 seems about right. could be good for the leafs actually. The Leafs could have boxes scattered throughout their arena where fans can deposit Canadian dollars to raise enough money to pay Reilly back for defending one of the most honored traditions in all of professional sports------empty net goals can only be scored by engaging in a pushing motion, as used in the sport of curling, to propel the puck into the net. By the way, of all the comments I have read by Leaf players, not a one of those prime assholes criticized Reilly. They all said it was appropriate in defense of the tradition. Wow, what a bunch of fucked up guys play on that team. Fuck team loyalty. What is right is right and what is wrong is wrong; and it should be called that way no matter who engaged in the action. I'm done with this bullshit and the Leafs are now on my list of teams I never want to win. |
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Post by BigT on Feb 13, 2024 19:50:29 GMT -6
I’ll just say I didn’t think it was bad at all. I don’t know. Call me what you will. But that’s just hockey. The cross check wasn’t bad at all. I thought maybe 1-2 games for predatory actions. But come one folks. What the hell do you wanna watch? That wasn’t even bad. Greig got up and was laughing after. I think 5 games is way too much.
I feel the game cannot suspend players long term over this. Trust me, the game will go to the rats if they allow idiots to rub it in!!!
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Post by bigbarn27 on Feb 14, 2024 10:11:17 GMT -6
I’ll just say I didn’t think it was bad at all. I don’t know. Call me what you will. But that’s just hockey. The cross check wasn’t bad at all. I thought maybe 1-2 games for predatory actions. But come one folks. What the hell do you wanna watch? That wasn’t even bad. Greig got up and was laughing after. I think 5 games is way too much. I feel the game cannot suspend players long term over this. Trust me, the game will go to the rats if they allow idiots to rub it in!!! I gotta disagree if he drops his gloves and starts beating the shit out of him 1-2 its the stick work that sets me off thats a cross check to the kids head no place in the game for it anymore. As far as game going to the rats ill put money on someone else doing it to the Leafs in the post season. |
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Post by hsbob on Feb 14, 2024 11:49:21 GMT -6
I’ll just say I didn’t think it was bad at all. I don’t know. Call me what you will. But that’s just hockey. The cross check wasn’t bad at all. I thought maybe 1-2 games for predatory actions. But come one folks. What the hell do you wanna watch? That wasn’t even bad. Greig got up and was laughing after. I think 5 games is way too much. I feel the game cannot suspend players long term over this. Trust me, the game will go to the rats if they allow idiots to rub it in!!! I won't call you anything T,but even I know you're describing an NHL of decades ago........you and 'Grapes' are clinging to a bygone era my friend. How many of today's goal celly's woulda been acceptable to the 'Broad Street Bullies'? How many forwards crashed the crease and tormented goaltenders 20-30yrs ago? What would Scott Stevens or Derian Hatcher have done to a rookie after a 'Michigan' goal? AND.......would it'd have been okay to cross-check Bedard in the face after his? If not,why not? Isn't a 'Michigan' goal or an over-the-top celly rubbing it in or showing off using the same thinking? I'm still a believer in a 'code' in hockey but even that's changed. Come off the bench to get involved in a brawl.... immediate suspension now. Third man in......immediate suspension now. Remove your helmet for a fight.....gone. Things change. There were no bat-flips or home run trots in baseball back when Gibson or Drysdale would put one in your ear-hole for it next time up but baseball saw one too many shattered faces or broken skulls to continue to allow their manly 'code'. Like I said,I still believe the physical nature of hockey will always include a 'code', but I see it as a 'tit for tat' myself,deliberately hurt one of my guys and we deliberately hurt you or one of yours. Embarrass my team and you either fight or turtle. Morgan Reilly's only 'dropped em' three times in his 769 games so far,so maybe he's better suited to cross-checking a 21yro rook in the face but he better brush-up his skills cause he might have to 'drop em' three times next time he sees the Sens,cause that's the 'code' too. I'm sure the majority of Yotes fans saw nothing wrong with Torres hit on Hossa also.....just a hockey play. |
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Post by nighbor on Feb 14, 2024 13:20:46 GMT -6
I’ll just say I didn’t think it was bad at all. I don’t know. Call me what you will. But that’s just hockey. The cross check wasn’t bad at all. I thought maybe 1-2 games for predatory actions. But come one folks. What the hell do you wanna watch? That wasn’t even bad. Greig got up and was laughing after. I think 5 games is way too much. I feel the game cannot suspend players long term over this. Trust me, the game will go to the rats if they allow idiots to rub it in!!! If that was your son you would be singing a different tune. A total bush league play by both players. If Riley played the game with as much passion as he did hunting down his unsuspecting prey just maybe the Leafs would have won. Just imagine if the player missed the net or worse the puck. BLOOPER worthy. |
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Post by BigT on Feb 14, 2024 14:04:27 GMT -6
I just don’t think it was that bad. I’m not even condoning it. Just saying if that’s bad, there’s much worse in the game than that. I think a game or two to send a message is about right.
Also, I’ve seen much worse done to my son. And as long as he can defend himself, it’s ok. Dirty shit happens all the time.
I just don’t think it was one of those plays that warrants 5 games, let alone 40 or 50!!!
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Post by vadarx on Feb 14, 2024 16:51:24 GMT -6
I just don’t think it was that bad. I’m not even condoning it. Just saying if that’s bad, there’s much worse in the game than that. I think a game or two to send a message is about right. Also, I’ve seen much worse done to my son. And as long as he can defend himself, it’s ok. Dirty shit happens all the time. I just don’t think it was one of those plays that warrants 5 games, let alone 40 or 50!!! but Grieg couldn't, this is the issue I think most here have. if he lays him out with a big hit there, I don't think anyone would have had as much of an issue with it. maybe he drops em and challenges him instead. those things would've been "acceptable". using you stick as a weapon is a no no, something you are taught when you're a timbit. an example and a precedent needed to be set. zero tolerance, no matter your history. now that it is, we will see if the league follows it or decides to just randomly enforce things as they have done in the past. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Feb 22, 2024 16:24:57 GMT -6
look for another lengthy morgan rielly suspension just prior to the playoffs.
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Post by BigT on Feb 22, 2024 16:40:14 GMT -6
I just don’t think it was that bad. I’m not even condoning it. Just saying if that’s bad, there’s much worse in the game than that. I think a game or two to send a message is about right. Also, I’ve seen much worse done to my son. And as long as he can defend himself, it’s ok. Dirty shit happens all the time. I just don’t think it was one of those plays that warrants 5 games, let alone 40 or 50!!! but Grieg couldn't, this is the issue I think most here have. if he lays him out with a big hit there, I don't think anyone would have had as much of an issue with it. maybe he drops em and challenges him instead. those things would've been "acceptable". using you stick as a weapon is a no no, something you are taught when you're a timbit. an example and a precedent needed to be set. zero tolerance, no matter your history. now that it is, we will see if the league follows it or decides to just randomly enforce things as they have done in the past. One thing I know from playing. If I decided to take a clapper into the empty net. I couldn’t be so stupid not to expect to be jumped. Like, no matter what era we live in, it’s not acceptable to the players. This is why I always passed for the empty net. Never got one in my life. Also I wasn’t always on the ice for that. But if I was, I would pass. Especially in a game that meant nothing. I would even get to cent and dump er in. Most players do that. I’m not a fan of what either did. But I’m more on the side of Reilly for standing up for the integrity of the game!!! |
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Post by vadarx on Feb 22, 2024 16:57:56 GMT -6
but Grieg couldn't, this is the issue I think most here have. if he lays him out with a big hit there, I don't think anyone would have had as much of an issue with it. maybe he drops em and challenges him instead. those things would've been "acceptable". using you stick as a weapon is a no no, something you are taught when you're a timbit. an example and a precedent needed to be set. zero tolerance, no matter your history. now that it is, we will see if the league follows it or decides to just randomly enforce things as they have done in the past. One thing I know from playing. If I decided to take a clapper into the empty net. I couldn’t be so stupid not to expect to be jumped. Like, no matter what era we live in, it’s not acceptable to the players. This is why I always passed for the empty net. Never got one in my life. Also I wasn’t always on the ice for that. But if I was, I would pass. Especially in a game that meant nothing. I would even get to cent and dump er in. Most players do that. I’m not a fan of what either did. But I’m more on the side of Reilly for standing up for the integrity of the game!!! the thing is, I think most here agree with you that his actions warranted a response. it is the response that I and others have an issue with. if he isn't a chickenshit and drops em or he just drills him into the boards (which he could've easily done), it is a big nothing burger. I'd imagine folks here would be actually getting a laugh out of him getting drilled after this empty net slap shot. but purposely hitting him in the face with your stick is ridiculous, it is worse than what Grieg did. keeping the integrity of the game intact is something that is passed down throughout generations. the coming generations need to know not only what isn't acceptable conduct, but also what is and is not acceptable is responding to unacceptable conduct. what Grieg did was not ok, but the response was beyond acceptable and, to make matters worse, made what Grieg did almost seem acceptable to the casual fan... |
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Post by BigT on Feb 22, 2024 17:59:00 GMT -6
That’s exact why I absolutely love Foligno. He’d be the captain on my team any day. He’s all about integrity, class and honour. A true beauty. He would a cleaned up Dr Randy Greigs son the right way!!!
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Post by galaxytrash on Feb 22, 2024 18:27:16 GMT -6
That’s exact why I absolutely love Foligno. He’d be the captain on my team any day. He’s all about integrity, class and honour. A true beauty. He would a cleaned up Dr Randy Greigs son the right way!!!you're thinking of randy gregg i believe, former oiler's defenseman and current doctor. ridley's dad (mark) also played a bit in the nhl and is currently a scout with the flyers. he don't do no doctoring. |
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