bettman has about as much to do with league discipline as i do running sector 7G at the springfield nuclear powerplant.

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If you were the president of that power plant, you'd be responsible for everything that happens there.

blame the owners.

10 games seems appropriate.

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Touche(on the owners thingy).

I'm sure you're comparing the length of suspension to the hit, but I'm adding in the fact that he just came back from a suspension. If you rob a bank the 1st day you're on parole, a judge is gonna(and should be) be harsher.

i understand that. but the NHL came down on him ultra hard the first time, IMO. i liked it. but say he got 4 games the first time, and then this happened, we would be agreeing the 10 games is appropriate.

i dunno. i honestly think a 10-12 game suspension for this hit is fine. thats me though.

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I guess I'm just going to have to realize that their low tolerance policies are just bs to satisfy the masses. They don't really care about the players well being.

10-12 sounds like a decent amount of games, IMO. I'll point out however (because I don't think it has been yet) that after reviewing the play, Clusterfuck's hit seemed a bit suspect as well. In no way am I saying that his hit as bad as the Gillies hit, just pointing it out. That and I just really felt like saying the word, "Clusterfuck" as it defines so much right now for me.

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He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

9 games for cheapshotting a guy, injuring him, then standing off the ice continuing to taunt and talk shit to him is 'ultra hard'?

Uh, ok.

He's a repeat offender. He has more penalty minutes in his NHL career than he has time on ice, and it's not even close.

I don't care what Clutterbuck did. One player making a questionable hit doesn't give another player, fresh off a suspension, a pass to throw an elbow at his head. He's a worthless hack that has no business playing professional hockey.

(As I saw on Twitter, or maybe HF) What happens to a burglar who robs someone on the first day of his parole? Gillies came back from suspension and abandoned the play to attack someone's head. He should've gotten 20, at least. A message would've been spent if he got booted for the season, though. Yet again, the NHL shows it doesn't get it.

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mechaphil

meh, i am happy with both suspensions. thought the 9 games for a first time offender was a message, and 10 for stupid play that didnt result in an injury (to my knowledge) is applicable.

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Logic like that is why the NHL is a joke. Clutterbuck isn't injured, so the suspension isn't more extensive? He shouldn't have to be injured - Gillies attacked his head. End of story. Injury or not, the act happened.

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mechaphil

to me, im happy with it. the act itself is worth 10 games. had he been injured, tack it on. 10 games isnt a slight suspension, thats a major major suspension that has larger ramifications then just those 10 games. as i said, im satisfied. he did something stupid and thankfully, everyones good. 1/8th the season schedule is cool by me.

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You keep coming back to adding on games if he's injured. It shouldn't matter if he's injured. End of story. And that's where fans and the NHL don't get it.

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mechaphil

thats how i feel. clutterbuck is fine, so the 10 games is severe punishment to me. the act itself, by itself, equals the 10 games he got.

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Punishment should be based on action, not outcome.

Doing it the way they do it proves the NHL is a richer beer league.

You're also ignoring Gillies' status as a repeat offender by saying that 10 games is fine.

But 10 games is more than 9!

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mechaphil

i feel the initial 9 games was perfect for a first time offender, perhaps even slightly excessive. but i was happy with the 9 games, and im happy with the 10.

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9 games for cheap shotting, injuring, and TAUNTING is too harsh? Whatever.

whatevers right. im fine with my opinion.

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10 games might be enough but I would have been happier if he got 17-20 games because he obviously does not get it.

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