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I can't speak for Kunitz and Dumb but Gio had a history sticking his leg out and injuring players. I'm not sure why so many of you are having a hard time grasping that.
The rules are VERY clear. Only prior discipline is considered. Not sure why you're having a hard time grasping that.
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Exactly - it's a trip, a classic football trip when the guy is going by you. He doesn't lead with the knee or target the opponent's knee. It's a shin on shin trip. 2 minutes certainly. That's it.
The Flames googles are on hard in here. The lead with the knee thing is such a red herring. It be the same thing as trying to defend a player if the clotheslined another player by saying it wasn’t an elbow. He was reckless and used his body in a reckless fashion and made contact with another player who got injured. Now he’s being punished and we need to move on. Zero people in here would have issue with this if it was Dumba on Gaudreau with the same outcome.
I do agree it’s silly resulting injury plays such a role in suspension decisions but Gio only has himself to blame on this.
I feel like the extra game fir Lomberg is a bigger joke, there is zero consistency from the league on these jumping other player infractions.
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I’m pissed about the suspension as we all are but remember when Gio went down in 14/15 right in the middle of the playoff race and was replaced by Engelland? Everyone was writing them off but the team powered through. Someone will step up for 2 games on D.
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I can't speak for Kunitz and Dumb but Gio had a history sticking his leg out and injuring players. I'm not sure why so many of you are having a hard time grasping that.
You can tone down the condescension anytime now EE.
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Three recent situations. I am curious how everyone would rank them with respect to egregiousness and/or 'suspendibility'.
Kunitz on Hamonic - resulted in broken nose
Giordano on Koivu - resulted in yet-unknown leg injury
Dumba on Backlund - resulted in concussion
#1: Kunitz on Hamonic, no question. I don't think it was malicious and it was a little unfortunate, but that is about as direct of contact with the head that you can make. I know Kunitz was tossed, but I think that warranted a game.
#2: Dumba on Backlund. This one is tough because I don't want to see hitting go away over something like this. This has always been a classic hit, and I think there was just as much contact with the chest as there was with the head. At first I thought it was a dirty hit, but after review I'm very hesitant to push for anything on this. Really sucks that Backlund was injured, though.
#3: Giordano on Koivu - a mile back from the other two. Yes Gio put his leg out, and yes he's known for this when he gets beat sometimes. However, there was no knee contact, and the correct call on the ice was made - tripping. That is what it was, that is what it was called. The 2 games kind of baffles me, and I consider myself pretty objective.
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I can't speak for Kunitz and Dumb but Gio had a history sticking his leg out and injuring players. I'm not sure why so many of you are having a hard time grasping that.
I’d love for a XHL league to start up. Old time hockey with no Nancy boy penalties. The fact Peter’s gets fined for a line change is not a league I want to support.
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