Eklund: James Neal Suspended for 1 game, Asham for 4.What the affect will be. Fair?

At least use proper english.

What will the effect be? Is the ruling fair?

You could also read the Neal penalty as "the rest of the playoffs". Technically.

Doesn't matter, it's still gonna be a phenomenal game.

Bye bye Bettman.

I've made my full comments in my HB blog ("A puzzlement in Pittsburgh: Follow Up"), but my main question here is when is the last time that a team has had 25% of its starting forwards suspended for their actions in just on game -- and deservedly so? In my 45 years in hockey I've never seen that before.

fair enough

Don't agree. Think neal should have gotten a couple more. But would it be insane to only hand out suspensions when a player gets hurt? and the suspension is however long the injured player is out for? Maybe not thinking that all the way through but it seems fair.

Neal should of got more. Plain and simple. But they don't want to suspend their stars. Nobody cares about the Adams' and Ashams of the NHL.

Joke.

(frank)

It is now officially Open Season.

Game On bitches!!!

Neal should of got more. Plain and simple. But they don't want to suspend their stars. Nobody cares about the Adams' and Ashams of the NHL.

Joke.
- TerryPegula

What will torres get? If anything?

Raffi Torres is a douche.

He'll probably only get fined.

That said, can we get some sort of consistency with these suspensions?

Eklund: James Neal Suspended for 1 game, Asham for 4.What the affect will be. Fair?
- Eklund

the question is will Lemeuix write another letter?

As long as Torres only gets 1 game...

Neal got nothing - no fine or games - for leaping into Coots. You know, the kind of stuff the NHL is trying to ward against. Odd.

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At first I was a fan of the explanations for every suspension by Shanny ...now he is just making this poop up as he goes along....guy is a (frank)in turd

this game is a joke. Watch this video of the Rinaldo 2 game suspension for leaving his feet http://video.nhl.com/vide...onsole?catid=60&id=157353
Then watch the Neal video
http://video.nhl.com/vide...onsole?catid=60&id=172993

Shanny says the Rinaldo hit was clean if he didn't jump, but he had a prior incident, so he was suspending him 2 games.

Neal jumps, hits a player that doesn't have the puck in the head and then crosschecks another player in the head and only gets one game, because he jumped to protect himself.

I would be curious what the call would be if it was hartnell targeting Crysby.

As long as Torres only gets 1 game...

Neal got nothing - no fine or games - for leaping into Coots. You know, the kind of stuff the NHL is trying to ward against. Odd.
- wolfhounds

hit on coots --
away from the play : yes
hit to the head : yes
skates left the ice : yes
repeat offender : yes

judgement: innocent !?

shanny has truly lost it.

i cant wait to see how many horrible calls the refs blow tomorrow.

hit on coots --
away from the play : yes
hit to the head : yes
skates left the ice : yes
repeat offender : yes

judgement: innocent

shanny has truly lost it.
- MrBigglesworth

Shanny will be in boiling hot water tomorrow. He either lets Torres off the hook too or he suspends him for the exact same thing Neal did and got away with.

Shanny will be in boiling hot water tomorrow. He either lets Torres off the hook too or he suspends him for the exact same thing Neal did and got away with.
- hereticpride

At this point, nothing he can do will help him save face

Yotes win

Max fine for the hit on Cooter, 0 for the non-hit on Giroux.

Shanny will be in boiling hot water tomorrow. He either lets Torres off the hook too or he suspends him for the exact same thing Neal did and got away with.
- hereticpride

This all goes back to the GM's. They have not gotten the memo that injury should not be a factor in the suspension. that is the directive they have given Shanny so I can't blame him for that. Start adding up the suspension at the end of the year and strip some draft picks. That will slow this down.

Max fine for the hit on Cooter, 0 for the non-hit on Giroux.
- Leafland

Uh, what? You know it's already been decided right?


He got nothing, no game, no fine for hitting Couturier and got a game for running Giroux.

Hossa says Thanks for really cracking down on head hunters. What a sham.