Corey Perry gets 4 games for hit to the head on Zucker

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

James Mirtle‏@mirtle

Perry loses $115,000 during his suspension. Hefty chunk of change.

Doesn't he lose 4/48 of $5,325K or $590,742

[Jacks]

His salary this year is 4.875M which should prorate to 2.85M.
Divide by 48 time by 4 should be $237,804.87

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Jacks

His salary this year is 4.875M which should prorate to 2.85M.
Divide by 48 time by 4 should be $237,804.87

Sorry, yeah, I used cap hit - should be salary

But I don't think you prorate it, simply take 4/48ths of his salary

[Phanuthier]

Shouldn't it be 4/82 as 32/82 has already been forfeit by the lockout? (they just give and they give and they give...)

[jar_e]

4 games in a half season...means 8 in a full season. I'd say that's a pretty decent suspension. Especially for a player who's arguably still a star and I don't believe has much of a history?

[opendoor]

Salary lost from a suspension isn't pro-rated based on games, it's based on days with each game lost counting as one day. So Perry loses 4 days worth of salary, not 4 games. In a full season that'd be about $28-29K a day. It might be a little different this year because there are about 55% of the days of a normal year with 65% of the revenue, so the per day salary will be higher, but that's basically how it works.

The only exception is if you've faced discipline in the last 18 months and are classified as a repeat offender. Then your salary loss is calculated by taking the percentage of 82 games you've been suspended and deducting that amount from your salary.

[GreenLantern]

Full season or short season shouldn't matter, it doesn't in a 7 game series during playoffs.

Should have been more games, just gross. That kind of garbage doesn't belong in any league or any sport.

[CaptainCrunch]

The good thing is that the guy is now a repeat offender for the next 18 months.

I'm on side with could have been longer, should have been longer.

But now he has another set of eyes firmly on him.

you want to get rid of headshots? Drrop the instigator rule

[agulati]

Should have been a longer suspension. Short season or full season doesn't make a difference when it comes to hits of this nature. If it was a 3rd line checker or a 4th line grinder with the same hit, the suspension would have been atleast double.

To an extent I can see the reasoning (though it is shallow) behind having double standards for suspensions, but for a hit of that nature, should be to the max. Especially when they are continuously talking about getting such hits out of the game.

[SuperMatt18]

Could have been longer, not offended that it was only 4 games.

4-6 games seemed right and this was just on the short side.

[Otto29]

Here is the logic....half season = Half suspension. Perry needed 10 games for that hit. Disgusting

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Remember that anything more than 5 games now goes to an independent review. Nothing short of manslaughter on ice will recieved more than 5.

Correct, I forgot about that. The fact that he is a repeat offender might push the NHL to test that independent review if he does something similar like this again. 4 games is way too light for headhunting.