2011-2012 Suspension thread

[chippa13 1844]

Shanny gets his feet wet, suspending LeBlonde for 4 preseason games and 1 regular season game. You have to like that he not only issues a clear statement about the suspension but shows you the video and talks you through the hit and the decision. Story and video are on TSN's website.

Shanny video on head shots and boarding.

http://podcasts.nhl.com/ops/2011_Player_Safety_DVD.mp4

[General 0]

Looks like they are going to get pretty serious this year in enforcing the new rules.

[camhockey16 5]

i'd say it's a little too soon to say that - but i like the video explanation and wonder if they will do that for every suspension?

dan cleary got a 5:00 major for boarding yesterday too - but i dont hear any mention of him today - maybe it's only if you get a game misconduct?

[IPv6Freely 2082]

It's awesome that he did the video review of the suspension. I hope this continues not just with decisions to suspend, but also decisions to NOT suspend.

i'd say it's a little too soon to say that - but i like the video explanation and wonder if they will do that for every suspension?

dan cleary got a 5:00 major for boarding yesterday too - but i dont hear any mention of him today - maybe it's only if you get a game misconduct?

There wasn't even a hearing for that hit - which to me, indicates that the league didn't think it was severe enough for supplemental discipline - a 5 minute major was sufficient punishment.

Looks like Jody Shelley got 10 games for his hit on Darryl Boyce. That seems appropriate, since it was much more malicious than the LeBlonde hit (LaBlonde was finishing a check, albeit an illegal check - Shelley, not so much), not to mention he is a multiple repeat offender.

I'm liking the new standard Shanny is establishing. Well done, sir.

[camhockey16 5]

i would agree his hit wasn't as bad as shelley's or leblonds - i just hope they can ignore names and punish the offence and be consistent

shanny is starting off good - i hope it stays that way

[zachary 2]

Both were very dumb hits and I never understood why hitting a guy in his numbers was even allowed previously. Luckily for the Nucks player he didn't suffer an injury.

[IPv6Freely 2082]

i would agree his hit wasn't as bad as shelley's or leblonds - i just hope they can ignore names and punish the offence and be consistent

shanny is starting off good - i hope it stays that way

Agreed with both points. He's off to good start - we'll see what happens when it's somebody people have heard of who is called into his office. I like the standard he has set today, and I honestly think Shanny will do the league proud in his new role.

Both were very dumb hits and I never understood why hitting a guy in his numbers was even allowed previously. Luckily for the Nucks player he didn't suffer an injury.

It was never allowed, it has always been a boarding penalty. Both of these were very obvious boarding penalties, too.

[Krev 86]

Great start by Shanny, Going to be interesting to see the suspension when a certain member of the Penguins goes off the handle this year.

[maxamillion 3]

the hit by shelley was effing stupid. I was at the game and as it happened I turned to my buddy and went 'welp he's gone for a few games.' needless and careless.

[Chadd 916]

I wonder if he's giving preseason games less weight than regular season games. We'll have to see how it works out in the regular season as there will be plenty of these over the course of the season.

[zachary 2]

It was never allowed, it has always been a boarding penalty. Both of these were very obvious boarding penalties, too.

Actually plenty hits from behind go without penalty. Multiple occasions per game a guy's body is facing away from the opposing player throwing a check.

[General 0]

There is a difference between when a guy turns his back to you last second and clearly lining a guy up with his back turned to you the whole time.

[EBondo 232]

So, is it time for Trevor Gillies to be kicked out of the league yet?

[camhockey16 5]

he should have never been in the league to begin with - i dont know what he was thinking there but at least he realized he was wrong quickly. i imagine gillies will get to know shanahan very well this season.

[BoDangles 0]

He needs to just leave. No need for that at any level in the game....nether is basically anything he does.

[noodle3872 40]

Another Matt Cooke story.....

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/New-and-improved-Matt-Cooke-boards-a-guy;_ylt=AuP2WgSo1KZw9BaXODfPHCx7vLYF?urn=nhl-wp13351

[Gr8erade 1]

Another Matt Cooke story.....

http://sports.yahoo....urn=nhl-wp13351

Well, that's not one of his more egregious hits, but I noticed that he's wearing the "A". I'm pretty sure I know what the A stands for.

[Wallzy41 9]

I'd say he gets 5-10 if Leblond got 5 for a similar play with the same penalty time attached to it.

[trevor13478 1]

Brad Boyes got 2 games for his hit on Joe Colborne

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589804

[BoDangles 0]

Seems fair. He caught him at a bad angle, with the head being the point of contact, though not the target maybe, but it ended up being a high hit from the side. Just what the league wants gone.

Glad to see Shanny being consistent thus far.

[Scotty 8]

I think that Gillies history and continued antics should have earned him a one-way ticket out of the NHL by now....

On a side note, as much as I love Shanahan, it is odd to see him take on such a serious approach and demeanor given his lighthearted and jokerish attitude as a player. Love what he's doing thus far.

[steelnation248 101]

MIN Staubitz and CBJ Wisniewski suspended indefinitely pending a hearing.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589668

I don't know if the game was televised or anything. Kind of curious to see what happened.

[skyscrape 5]

I'd say he gets 5-10 if Leblond got 5 for a similar play with the same penalty time attached to it.

If this is in regards to the cooke hit, i disagree. I saw the leblond hit in the game and it was a lot worse than that cooke hit. Clackson(I think that was who LeBlond hit) did not embelish or take a dive. He had no idea what happened even when he was eating the glass. This was a hard bump from behind. Cleary's hit the other night was way worse than cooke's hit.

[chippa13 1844]

As much as I hate Cooke, the views that I've seen of his latest boarding don't look like anything worse than the 2 minutes that he got.

[goaliemanshark 6]

As much as I hate Cooke, the views that I've seen of his latest boarding don't look like anything worse than the 2 minutes that he got.

Agreed, i don't think there is intent there. At least not malicious intent like his other 1237162837186 suspend-able offenses.