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Doc Halladay
My bet is he gets 5-7 games. NHL seems to put far too much emphasis on the “first time offender” narrative. Their really should be set guidelines for suspensions instead of using an arbitrary process that more often than not, misses the mark.
Mike Furlano
The Department of Player Safety suspension process is almost inscrutable. Many thought Brad Marchand would get games for his slewfooting.
I think Spurgeon’s lack of serious injury weighs just as heavy as Nyquist’s clean sheet. I’d be very surprised if Nyquist received more than 7 games.
Doc Halladay
Agreed. Even though injury isn’t “supposed” to have any determining factor on suspension length. But we as fans are smart enough to know the truth.
jd396
Gotta balance the lack of a serious injury with what it very easily could have been.
tmilde
Galchenyuk of the Canadiens did a two handed stick swing into Kevan Millers’ mouth tonight too, he should be right next to Nyquist at that meeting. No place for using the stick, drop the stick and use your fists.
Mike Furlano
Galchenyuk’s high-stick probably deserves a game or two, but I can see the League looking the other way because the infraction could be construed as him losing balance into the boards. The League has to balance over-regulating with protecting player safety, and there will always be a gray area when it comes to high sticking suspensions. They will probably stay with the double-minor and leave it at that.
sweetg
galchenyuk stick was as much of an accident as marchand tripping people last two times. he probably only gets game or two. will say as marchand. I slipped not my fault. nyquist will get at least six games. he was not falling . he clearly plans what he did .
jd396
Is it just me or does this stuff seem to happen more often now that the punishment is no longer having your head torn off and inserted into your rectum by the big dude on the fourth line?
Mike Furlano
I actually think it’s the opposite. It might happen so infrequently that each incident is news. Back in the day stick infractions were commonplace. Look at what Borje Salming went through during his tenure with the Maple Leafs.