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2021-2022 NHL Thread

I don't think he deserved to be suspended twice as long as Matthews, who already got suspended longer than most cross checks to the face.
 
Deebo said:
I don't think he deserved to be suspended twice as long as Matthews, who already got suspended longer than most cross checks to the face.
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Matthews didn't cross check Dahlin in the face. Malkin def deserved more. He gave him a two hander and then cross checked him in the mouth. There also was an injury and Malkin is a repeat offender.
 
Guilt Trip said:
Deebo said:
I don't think he deserved to be suspended twice as long as Matthews, who already got suspended longer than most cross checks to the face.
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Matthews didn't cross check Dahlin in the face. Malkin def deserved more. He gave him a two hander and then cross checked him in the mouth. There also was an injury and Malkin is a repeat offender.
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Face/neck/side of the head, whatever. Very similar act, high cross check, not worth double IMO. Especially when other high cross checks have gotten nothing.
 
Anyone else kind of feel like the NHL is coming down harder on stars committing infractions than they are guys with suspension histories and reputations as dirty players?
 
Nik said:
Anyone else kind of feel like the NHL is coming down harder on stars committing infractions than they are guys with suspension histories and reputations as dirty players?
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That's to show how much integrity they got.

Oh and completely BTW every game starts at Bet99.net.
 
Deebo said:
Guilt Trip said:
Deebo said:
I don't think he deserved to be suspended twice as long as Matthews, who already got suspended longer than most cross checks to the face.
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Matthews didn't cross check Dahlin in the face. Malkin def deserved more. He gave him a two hander and then cross checked him in the mouth. There also was an injury and Malkin is a repeat offender.
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Face/neck/side of the head, whatever. Very similar act, high cross check, not worth double IMO. Especially when other high cross checks have gotten nothing.
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It's not whatever and it has nothing to do with others. This is a comparison between Matthews and Malkin. While all of them are bad, cross checking someone in the mouth is worse then the Matthews deal. What makes it worse for me when comparing the 2 is that Matthews and Dahlin were battling and the play was continuous. This play however was over when Malkin retaliated by first giving him a 2 hander, then cross checking him directly in the face. Malkin also caused an injury as Borowiecki was forced to leave the game. Add in he's a repeat offender, he got a game for swinging his stick at Michael Raffl's head in 2019 and has been fined 3 times.
 
Guilt Trip said:
This is a comparison between Matthews and Malkin. While all of them are bad, cross checking someone in the mouth is worse then the Matthews deal.
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You were responding to my orignal post and I was comparing it to Matthews and other high cross checks and I don't agree that mouth is worse than side of the head or neck.
 
Guilt Trip said:
... Add in he's a repeat offender, he got a game for swinging his stick at Michael Raffl's head in 2019 and has been fined 3 times.
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I agree this part is important. Matthews coming off a Lady Byng trophy and Malkin having been disciplined before.
 
Deebo said:
Guilt Trip said:
This is a comparison between Matthews and Malkin. While all of them are bad, cross checking someone in the mouth is worse then the Matthews deal.
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You were responding to my orignal post and I was comparing it to Matthews and other high cross checks and I don't agree that mouth is worse than side of the head or neck.
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I thought the force of Matthews' was worse. His had a ton more momentum into it while Malkin's was mostly from a stationary point. But Malkin's been suspended before and the league always goes extra when there's blood involved so I guess that'll do it.
 
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