Tootoo gets too games

[SabreEleven]

Tootoo gets too game suspension for hit on Miller. Looking for a link. I just wanted to beat LW to the punch which I'm sure he'll start a whole new thread.

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http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=605024

[Crisis]

Re: Tootoo gets too games

Kind of dumb, actually.

He's getting the suspension that Lucic should've gotten, victim of circumstance.

Meet the new boss... same as the old one!

[OpIv37]

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I wonder if the Tootoo incident would have happened if Lucic had gotten the 2+ games he should have...

Once again, the NHL proves that who gets suspended has more to do with whatever safety issue they're pushing, the team the offending player plays for, and the offender's history much more so than the actual dangerous play in question.

[Crisis]

Re: Tootoo gets too games

I wonder if the Tootoo incident would have happened if Lucic had gotten the 2+ games he should have...

Once again, the NHL proves that who gets suspended has more to do with whatever safety issue they're pushing, the team the offending player plays for, and the offender's history much more so than the actual dangerous play in question.

It's the direct result of the GMs telling Shanahan they didn't like how he handled the Lucic situation... but once again, it just makes the NHL look like a joke.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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Yep. Lucic's was SOOOO Much worse.

TooToo was trying to avoid Miller almost.

[chernobylwraiths]

Re: Tootoo gets too games

two wasn't too much

[SabreEleven]

Re: Tootoo gets too games

two wasn't too much

*too

[Cleve]

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Yep. Lucic's was SOOOO Much worse.

TooToo was trying to avoid Miller almost.

I agree, Thurm. The Lucic hit was a lot more blatant - Lucic clearly went out of his way to slam Miller as hard as he could. Lucic was clearly trying to take out Miller, and he DID - for 8 games.

You could call the Tootoo hit more incidental, based on the fact that Tootoo was going fast to the net, and he was boxed in by the Sabre player skating next to him. In fact, the Sabre player pushed him towards the net. It looked spectacular, but I don't think Tootoo was deliberately trying to take out Miller. And Miller didn't get hurt.

I don't know how Shanahan can justify NOT suspending Lucic, but suspending Tootoo. It's just ridiculous. It's like he's playing favorites with the teams - because Boston is a bigger city, and has a bigger fan base, they get the kid glove treatment, and Nashville takes a whipping instead.

Somebody in the media should really grill Shanahan on this inconsistency at his next presser.

[SkateZilla]

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2-4-2-2

[Crisis]

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I agree, Thurm. The Lucic hit was a lot more blatant - Lucic clearly went out of his way to slam Miller as hard as he could. Lucic was clearly trying to take out Miller, and he DID - for 8 games.

You could call the Tootoo hit more incidental, based on the fact that Tootoo was going fast to the net, and he was boxed in by the Sabre player skating next to him. In fact, the Sabre player pushed him towards the net. It looked spectacular, but I don't think Tootoo was deliberately trying to take out Miller. And Miller didn't get hurt.

I don't know how Shanahan can justify NOT suspending Lucic, but suspending Tootoo. It's just ridiculous. It's like he's playing favorites with the teams - because Boston is a bigger city, and has a bigger fan base, they get the kid glove treatment, and Nashville takes a whipping instead.


Somebody in the media should really grill Shanahan on this inconsistency at his next presser.

I'm not defending Shanahan because I think he should have set a precedent with the original Lucic hit on Miller, but the inconsistency is because of the mandate the GMs sent in response to decision on Lucic... GMs were not happy with the precedent set by the Lucic hit, and since this happened after that mandate... Shanahan had to suspend Tootoo. Like I said, it's a victim of circumstance... but I would've been fine with the penalties he received on the ice at the time and no further punishment for Tootoo.

Lucic on the other hand, should've been suspended for atleast two games... and Tootoo for none. It's just how it works when the NHL wants to emphasize something. Shanahan shouldn't have ****ed up the first time and just punished Lucic, and this wouldn't be a problem.

[Cleve]

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I'm not defending Shanahan because I think he should have set a precedent with the original Lucic hit on Miller, but the inconsistency is because of the mandate the GMs sent in response to decision on Lucic... GMs were not happy with the precedent set by the Lucic hit, and since this happened after that mandate... Shanahan had to suspend Tootoo. Like I said, it's a victim of circumstance... but I would've been fine with the penalties he received on the ice at the time and no further punishment for Tootoo.

Lucic on the other hand, should've been suspended for atleast two games... and Tootoo for none. It's just how it works when the NHL wants to emphasize something. Shanahan shouldn't have ****ed up the first time and just punished Lucic, and this wouldn't be a problem.

I understand it - it's politics. It would be good to see Shanahan squirming though, trying to save face while being grilled. It was ridiculous he didn't take action against Lucic because his act was far more blatant, and the consequences devastating, than Tootoo's.

Maybe next time a similar scenario occurs Shanahan will actually grow a pair and act like a man, and do the right thing from the start.

[Skooby]

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If Too Too's was 2 games, then Lucic's should of been a month off.

[rbochan]

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I guess running the goalie is equal to a blowjob gesture.