Playoff GDT: Round II, Game III - Pens v Caps

[Blue Canary]

Yikes:

Sullivan said Aston-Reese suffered a broken jaw and a concussion.

"At a certain point, we would hope the league might do something."

"OMGTHEPENSARESUCHWHININGCRYBABIES."

- Every other teams' fans, who can line up <right here> to kiss my arse.

[grunthy]

Now we learn Wilson was laughing at Aston-Reese as he lay on the ice.

Honestly eff that guy. Hope he isn’t suspended so the penguins can knock him out till next season.

[Dickie Dunn]

I know I'm likely the only one, but I truly miss Ryan Reaves. **** like this was the catalyst for that **** trade in the first place.

[nocera]

All Olli had to do was send it down the boards. Don’t give a **** about the slew foot. Send it down low.

[Dickie Dunn]

Now we learn Wilson was laughing at Aston-Reese as he lay on the ice.

Honestly eff that guy. Hope he isn’t suspended so the penguins can knock him out till next season.

Who's going to do it? It's a roster of midgets other than Oleksiak and he's generally reluctant to engage.

[shmenguin]

All Olli had to do was send it down the boards. Don’t give a **** about the slew foot. Send it down low.

Probably the same play whether he trips him or not

[MR25]

I know I'm likely the only one, but I truly miss Ryan Reaves. **** like this was the catalyst for that **** trade in the first place.

**** Reaves.

What's he gonna do? Sit on the bench for 57 minutes, do something dumb, then pit his team down two guys for the rest of the game?

Wilson isn't going to change without league intervention. Ryan Reaves didn't deter jack **** while he was here, and if anything, he was the cause of most of it.

**** him. He's a healthy scratch in Vegas like he deserves to be.

[MR25]

Now we learn Wilson was laughing at Aston-Reese as he lay on the ice.

Honestly eff that guy. Hope he isn’t suspended so the penguins can knock him out till next season.

Who's going to do it? It's a roster of midgets other than Oleksiak and he's generally reluctant to engage.

So what the **** would Ryan Reaves do?

[crusherstasiak]

I like the way Sullivan is handling this.

puts me to shame

[Blue Canary]

Please send this smoldering, festering, biohazardous landfill of an organization home, Pens.


Greg Wyshynski
‏Verified account @wyshynski
14m14 minutes ago

Trotz kills a second question on the Wilson hit, before adding: "I don't care what [Mike Sullivan] said. ... I saw the hit. Both guys braced for it. Shoulder to shoulder."

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Kessel is a detriment right now. Not really giving anything of value. I wouldn't be sad if his minutes were reduced in game 4

[Tico Rick]

What would the NHL do if Wilson paralyzed someone. Give him a fine, or a one-game suspension?

[skullman80]

That was a fun game to be at till the last minute.

[Tico Rick]

Since the NHL and the refs refuse to enforce the rules, I have no problem with the Pens taking matters into their own hands and having someone blow out Ovie’s knee.

[RonnieFranchise]

Pens need to Just play.

[nocera]

Refs didn’t cost the pens that game.

[Orlando Penguin]

Refs didn’t cost the pens that game.

I don't think anyone would say that they did. But all we're asking for is the game to be called consistently and correctly. That's something that we've been waiting on for a long freakin time.

[RonnieFranchise]

Gar(b)age league

[dodint]

Refs didn’t cost the pens that game.

I don't think anyone would say that they did. But all we're asking for is the game to be called consistently and correctly. That's something that we've been waiting on for a long freakin time.

Cost the Pens a depth player for tne rest of the season, though.

[Dan H]

Since the NHL and the refs refuse to enforce the rules, I have no problem with the Pens taking matters into their own hands and having someone blow out Ovie’s knee.

That isn't the way. If you want to go big, a reasonable option would be for the Pens to refuse to take the ice until the league addressed the issue (by issuing Wilson a lengthy suspension and fining his team and coaches). They could make a reasonable legal case here that the league exposes them to unacceptable liability by encouraging them to knowingly expose their employees to what amounts to borderline criminal assault. Worst case in that scenario is they forfeit the series. So what? They're still sitting on three Cups in the past few years, they've made their point for the good of hockey and of sports in general, and they suddenly cost the league and the Capitals a whole lot of money in tickets that suddenly need to be refunded. The problem is ultimately happening because of money, and maybe only napalming their cash flow to make a point will force them to change. I wouldn't recommend doing all that - it's extreme and perhaps more likely to put the Penguins out of business than to effect real needed changes - but I'd be much prouder of the Penguins if they took that high road than if they stooped down to the level of Wilson and his Neanderthal defenders.

Perhaps a slightly more reasonable thing to do would be for the Penguins to file a civil suit tomorrow against Mr. Wilson under Pennsylvania tort law: see http://law.jrank.org/pages/10439/Sports ... ports.html . The amount of money involved may be small for the Penguins, but is probably substantial for Wilson, and the league might be annoyed enough by the publicity to start taking deliberate injury of players seriously.

[nocera]

Since the NHL and the refs refuse to enforce the rules, I have no problem with the Pens taking matters into their own hands and having someone blow out Ovie’s knee.

That isn't the way. If you want to go big, a reasonable option would be for the Pens to refuse to take the ice until the league addressed the issue (by issuing Wilson a lengthy suspension and fining his team and coaches). They could make a reasonable legal case here that the league exposes them to unacceptable liability by encouraging them to knowingly expose their employees to what amounts to borderline criminal assault. Worst case in that scenario is they forfeit the series. So what? They're still sitting on three Cups in the past few years, they've made their point for the good of hockey and of sports in general, and they suddenly cost the league and the Capitals a whole lot of money in tickets that suddenly need to be refunded. The problem is ultimately happening because of money, and maybe only napalming their cash flow to make a point will force them to change. I wouldn't recommend doing all that - it's extreme and perhaps more likely to put the Penguins out of business than to effect real needed changes - but I'd be much prouder of the Penguins if they took that high road than if they stooped down to the level of Wilson and his Neanderthal defenders.

Perhaps a slightly more reasonable thing to do would be for the Penguins to file a civil suit tomorrow against Mr. Wilson under Pennsylvania tort law: see http://law.jrank.org/pages/10439/Sports ... ports.html . The amount of money involved may be small for the Penguins, but is probably substantial for Wilson, and the league might be annoyed enough by the publicity to start taking deliberate injury of players seriously.

So your two options are forfeit or turn into Eugene Melnyk. Right.

[Dan H]

Since the NHL and the refs refuse to enforce the rules, I have no problem with the Pens taking matters into their own hands and having someone blow out Ovie’s knee.

That isn't the way. If you want to go big, a reasonable option would be for the Pens to refuse to take the ice until the league addressed the issue (by issuing Wilson a lengthy suspension and fining his team and coaches). They could make a reasonable legal case here that the league exposes them to unacceptable liability by encouraging them to knowingly expose their employees to what amounts to borderline criminal assault. Worst case in that scenario is they forfeit the series. So what? They're still sitting on three Cups in the past few years, they've made their point for the good of hockey and of sports in general, and they suddenly cost the league and the Capitals a whole lot of money in tickets that suddenly need to be refunded. The problem is ultimately happening because of money, and maybe only napalming their cash flow to make a point will force them to change. I wouldn't recommend doing all that - it's extreme and perhaps more likely to put the Penguins out of business than to effect real needed changes - but I'd be much prouder of the Penguins if they took that high road than if they stooped down to the level of Wilson and his Neanderthal defenders.

Perhaps a slightly more reasonable thing to do would be for the Penguins to file a civil suit tomorrow against Mr. Wilson under Pennsylvania tort law: see http://law.jrank.org/pages/10439/Sports ... ports.html . The amount of money involved may be small for the Penguins, but is probably substantial for Wilson, and the league might be annoyed enough by the publicity to start taking deliberate injury of players seriously.

So your two options are forfeit or turn into Eugene Melnyk. Right.

Look, I know we're all pretty angry here, but would you mind actually reading my post carefully before sarcastically trolling? This isn't constructive.

[Cagsjr724]

Since the NHL and the refs refuse to enforce the rules, I have no problem with the Pens taking matters into their own hands and having someone blow out Ovie’s knee.

There has to be some goon down in WBS that we can dress for a game to at least take Tom Wilson''s head off.

[Lelldorin]

Like you said - Kessel has to be hurt. Too bad he didn't rest during the end of the regular season

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

I'd be surprised if they do anything about that Wilson hit on ZAR. ZAR looks up braces for impact. Sure Wilson is off the ice but they let that go all the time. He goes through the shoulder and get his head. Fully expect to see Wilson on Thursday night.