Kaleta Suspended 10 Games

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Taylor Dayne aged...

[MissTeeks]

Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie1m

Patrick Kaleta, after conferring with his agent and the NHLPA, will be appealing his 10-game suspension.

[landshark]

If the perp in this case was a usually non aggressive, non repeat offender, what suspension would that player get. 1-2 games?

[Ped]

Matt Cooke offers Kaleta advice:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=434297

Once a career NHL agitator himself, Minnesota forward Matt Cooke can relate to what Patrick Kaleta is going through this week and went so far as reach out to him after the Wild's game in Buffalo on Monday.
"I told him, I've been there, it's not fun. It's hard," Cooke told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun on ESPN.com."I laid it out there that if he wants to know what I did, I'd gladly talk to him about it. He knows Pommer (former Sabre-turned-Wild forward Jason Pominville), so I told him `If you want to get hold of me, I'm there to talk."

"It's never going to be over for me, and I realize that, and I'm fine with that," said Cooke. "Right now I err on the side of caution. I still watch video to make re-assure that there are good times to go out and by physical.
"It's just a read. If you don't change the way you visually see the game, then change is impossible."

[dissentowner]

I think when a guy steps out of line like this it should be a minimum 20 game suspension and if it leaves the other player injured long term the offending player should not be allowed to return until the injured player does. Guys like Bertuzzi and Cooke should have never been stepping back on NHL ice.

[neo45]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I think when a guy steps out of line like this it should be a minimum 20 game suspension and if it leaves the other player injured long term the offending player should not be allowed to return until the injured player does. Guys like Bertuzzi and Cooke should have never been stepping back on NHL ice.

Savard played after the Cooke hit.

[strombad]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I think when a guy steps out of line like this it should be a minimum 20 game suspension and if it leaves the other player injured long term the offending player should not be allowed to return until the injured player does. Guys like Bertuzzi and Cooke should have never been stepping back on NHL ice.

You don't use injuries to dictate punishments, that's part of the problem with the current system. The Bertuzzi incident was a mixture of a total bonehead goon action, and terrible luck. Savard? Well, he's not the only guy who has been hit like that, but he's one of the only ones who pretty much lost his career afterwards.

You can't be dolling out suspensions based on injury, because difference bodies take impacts different ways. You doll out suspensions based on actions, period.

EDIT: and to your 20 game suspension point, not a bad idea at all. In fact, the Bertuzzi-Moore incident likely never would have happened had that been the suspension back then. It serves both as a punishment for the player, and a cooling period for the team whose player suffered the hit.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie1m

Patrick Kaleta, after conferring with his agent and the NHLPA, will be appealing his 10-game suspension.

The NHLPA also represents the other player involved who could have had his career ended on that play.

I know they kind of have their hands tied, but it is strange to see a union appeal a suspension that involves the safety and career of another union member.

[Nufy]

When has the NHLPA ever fought for the victim...

[Canada 02]

bump

Sabres waived him today

Regier: “This was a move we thought was necessary to help Pat change his game and preserve his career in this league. We believe in Pat as a person and we hope he will continue his career in our organization and, if the circumstances are right, with Sabres.”