NHL Punishments for Injuring Players

[CaptainMusky]

This whole Dustin Brown thing has me PO'ed. He sits out two meaningless games, while Pominville sat 6 due to the injury he received from a League penalized dirty hit.

Now add in the fact that he tried another punk maneuver in the Blues series.

Why is it fair punishment for a player to get suspended for a couple games while the ones they injure are out in many cases far longer?

Remember Bertuzzi's dirty hit? That kid never came back that I recall.

I believe they should make some sort of change to make this punishment for injuring a player and if the player is out an extended period of time, their punishment is reflective of that.

2 meaningless games for Brown while Pominville sits for 6 VERY important ones for the Wild?

[Improvedarock]

Life ain't fair!

[CaptainMusky]

Life ain't fair!

Well that is true, but if they really want to rid the game of the dirty plays they need to do something more imposing as far as punishments I think.

There are injuries that happen as part of the game and yes, those could be result in loss of games, season or even a career.

In the case of flagrant plays where the league makes a ruling to suspend/fine someone for it and the other player misses significant time I think they should balance it out. Player is injured for 10 games, the perpetrator sits for 10 games.

[Improvedarock]

I think if they let more roughing and fighting like the old days that would take care of most cheap stuff. Hockey is a very fast paced sport, and sometimes emotions don't come out right.

[CaptainMusky]

Actually that is a very valid point. They cut back so much on the fighting that these things happen now with little recourse on the ice. I have yet to see anyone go after Brown for example. No one did during the Wild game at least.

I miss Boogard.

[Improvedarock]

Yea boogie made a big difference. We couldn't afford to loose any skaters going after brown. Even going after hall. Idk what the answer is but this new not letting the boys rough it up after the whistle is kinda lame.

[Musky Buck]

I agree guys, but thinking this through, there'd have to be a big Q and A session discussion. Brown elbows lets say Zucker, were we sure he'd be on the playoff roster ? He elbows lets say Stoner.....they both sit the last 2 regular season games and we find out we draw LA for the 1st round of the playoffs, I'd be to the team doctor in a hurry declaring Stoner out for about 7 games of playoff action lol, we lose stoner, they lose Brown for the 1st round even if Stoner could likely come back again and start playing in like the 3rd game of the playoffs, I'd rather sit out stoner so Brown would be out of the 1st round, stuff like that. Or we're tied with 2 regular season games to play, we need to win both to get in........we're tied with the Kings to get in, if it's another teams good player we sit ours with "concussion like symptoms still" so we have a better chance to get in, etc. Then if we don't get in does lets say Brown, suspension over I guess ? Etc.'s

[Improvedarock]

Good point, very good point.

[CaptainMusky]

Muskybuck those were some exact points I had running through my head too. It gets nearly impossible to enforce then.

[OnAFly]

IMO - Shanny should be having these discussions with guys like Brown.

Still, at some point, I hope someone gives him the same treatment he gives others on the ice and is out for a long, long time.

[Improvedarock]

brown will get his. Every hockey player gets a number off the back of there jersey. When I played the game I got my revenge in Junior A hockey from from a Peewee hockey game. He wasn't running his flapper much after I got done with him.

[archerystud]

There are a lot of things they could do but apparently the NHL thinks the games are better like this so they hand out trivial punishments.