Listen up, NHL players who wish to show up the on ice officials.
The league and it's conduct police are watching you and apear to have had it up to here with your embellishments and aerial acrobatics.
For years, I have been a vocal critic of the NHL Player Safety Department and the off ice officials foe their "turn the other cheek" approach to supplemental discipline.
I have to say that today I am applauding the NHL today for ticketing three such offenders in Toronto's Nazem Kadri, Edmonton's Nail Yakupov, and Arizona's Martin Hanzal.
The League announced today that Kadri, Yakupov, and Hanzal have been fined for diving.
Yakupov has been dinged $2,000 for flopping. He was warned October 13 versus Dallas. He had a second offense on March 12 against Arizona.
The NHL also announced that Coyotes forward Martin Hanzal has been fined $2,000 for diving. Hanzal was warned December 6 vs. Carolina, second offense March 12 vs. Edmonton.
Kadri has been fined $5,000 for diving, after the NHL logged three different occasions of embellishment in the past two months.
The first one was filed on February 4 against New Jersey. Kadri received a warning for his on ice actions. The second time, Kadri earned a $2,000 fine which occurred in Ottawa on March 12. The third strike earned Kadri a $3,000 fine on March 21 against Calgary.
Under the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, Kadri's fourth diving sanction will earn the Toronto native a $4,000 fine for Kadri AND a $2,000 fine for his head coach Mike Babcock.