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@CarBombBoom13 @BizNasty2point0 If you don’t know how to embroider, how do you explain this?!?

@jackrichrdson Who clutching pearls? Saying a guy deserves 5 games is hardly acting like he pulled a bertuzzi who was given an indefinite suspension and a criminal charge

Why are so many insiders and analysts clutching their pearls because of what Ridly Greig did? It was bad but people are talking about it like he pulled a Todd Bertuzzi.

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC I would stop watching hockey if a guy like nick cousins could turn last second and suddenly somebody like McDavid is out for 5-10 games, yes

@Hurley009 @FriedgeHNIC So you would stop watching hockey if there were no longer any head-first hits from behind into the boards? I don't see the logic in defending a play that adds nothing to the entertainment value of the sport and that can cause catastrophic injuries to the participants.

Thought the hits -- Kleven, Tkachuk (x2) -- were fair, but do not like the Greig sucker punch here. Not at all.

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC No it’s a reason not to say things like you need to start with 5-10 game suspensions for ordinary hits from behind.

@Hurley009 @FriedgeHNIC NFL football is a high-speed, high-impact sport so it's a completely reasonable comparison. The suspension process can account for things like a last second turn, that's not a reason to nothing about plays that warrant a suspension sufficient to actually deter future violations.

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC That’s a complete false equivalency. It’s pretty easy point out a defenseless receiver. How can you justify suspending a guy for 10 games if a player turns last second

@Hurley009 @FriedgeHNIC I don't care about Greig any more or less than any other player. If you look at the NFL, that league banned hits on defenseless receivers (and punished accordingly) and it has not eliminated hitting in that high-speed, high impact sport. It simply removed a dangerous play.

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC No you want to say it’s vigilantism because it was on greig. It’s a play that happens often in the nhl. You can’t start throwing 5-10 games for every hit from behind when guys can turn on a dime in a high speed sport. If that happens you might as well just eliminate hitting

@Hurley009 @FriedgeHNIC Walker's play wasn't a hockey play. That was vigilantism pure and simple. Also, there can still have flexibility in the length of the suspension given. If players started getting 5 and 10 games for "ordinary" hits from behind, those type of hits would be gone from the game.

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC Sure if you want to give out 40+ game suspensions for non hockey plays. Walkers hit was a hockey play, what justification would you give for suspending a guy 40+ games for a hit that happens at least once a night? Games too fast to be giving 40 game suspensions on a whim

@Hurley009 @FriedgeHNIC The suspensions the NHL gives are designed to give the appearance of addressing the problem while not actually addressing the problem. If the Department of Players “Safety” started giving 40+ game suspensions the thuggery in the game would be gone instantly.

@RobbiSens22 @JackSensFan96 So what does that tell you when a guy who made his money by doing things like this, says that a line was crossed?

@JackSensFan96 Lol right? His career was more known for worse than this and less about actual hockey lol

Bro forgets hes done worse. Shut up you fucking brickhead

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC Suspensions that involve retaliation have always been higher. A contact league like this will always benefit from self policing. what do you think is more likely to stop greig from doing it again, a 5 game suspension or the target he’s placed on his own back?

@Hurley009 @FriedgeHNIC If you read my post, you’ll see that I said the sucker punch needs to be punished. But that punishment needs to come from the NHL. The issue is that the NHL wants thuggery and vigilantism in the game because it puts butts in seats. That the problem.

@RamsXV @badgley19 @NateThompson44 It’s not controversial, you can have that take. But don’t turn around and pretend it’s fine when you see Greig sucker punch a guy. Or tkachuk wail on a guy who’s already tied up or on the ground, because he’s the king of that

@Hurley009 @badgley19 @NateThompson44 I don't really care that we lost, it sucks and it could have gone better. Me saying you shouldn't hit someone in the back of the head while they are down (especially when they aren't allowed to fight) shouldn't be controversial

Unfortunately for Ridly Greig this will carry over for next season even with the season ending. Thats the ultimate disrespect in hockey what he did today and he’ll have to answer whether he likes it or not. Disrespect the game and you pay the piper kid. #stanleycupplayoffs

@badgley19 @RamsXV @NateThompson44 Where did I call him a pussy? It’s almost like I said actions have consequences. He threw the hit, he took his lumps and the only people I see bitching about it are Sens fans.

@Hurley009 @RamsXV @NateThompson44 So when kleven starts hammering him you guys will call him a bitch for fighting with a guard on and when he doesn’t fight him you call him a pussy. Like come on

@Conor_J_Power Yah the goaltender that everybody was ready to run out of town a month ago. Zub was the only guy they were missing that will be there next year on defence. Sanderson went out after they were already down 2-0 in the series

@Hurley009 Their goaltender was spectacular? Their defense was made of coffee lids and stirrers, and they got suffocated by Carolina. Worse teams than them have suffered the same fate.

Brady Tkachuk goes pointless as the Sens get swept by the Canes. For all the flack Matthews and Marner took for their playoff performances, neither of them ever went pointless in a series or got swept. Tkachuk has a lot to answer for.

@RamsXV @badgley19 @NateThompson44 If you can’t fight maybe don’t try and take somebody’s head off. It’s playoff hockey, you can try and take a guys head off but don’t cry when you get a response. Such loser energy from a loser fan base

@Hurley009 @badgley19 @NateThompson44 Oh, but dropping Kleven (who has a bubble on and can't fight) to the ground and punching him in the back/neck/head isn't bad right

@Conor_J_Power @theyunggun Beginning of their window? Their captain looks ready to skip town, no goaltending and an offence that has scored scored 2 goals or less in 8 of their 10 playoff games

@theyunggun That’s fair. But that was also the leafs at the end of that window. Ottawa are just getting to the beginning of theirs

@badgley19 @NateThompson44 When you do something as dirty as sucker punching a tied up guy, you don’t get to complain about the consequences that follow

@NateThompson44 So you are saying a glove on punch with his bucket on, warrants someone getting run from behind a couple feet from the boards? I understand paying the price but the punishment has to fit the crime. Like come on

@thegreatcucuzza @tbrister @Sportsnet @Buccigross @KellyHrudey You don’t get to choose the consequences to your actions in life

@tbrister @Sportsnet @Buccigross @KellyHrudey You don’t get to paralyze someone cause they booped your nose

The Hockey Central panel discusses Ridly Greig's sucker punch in the second period of Game 4

@tbrister @Sportsnet @Buccigross @KellyHrudey “Actions have consequences” there, pretty easy explanation. Disgusting is watching a man sucker punch a defenceless player and trying to deflect attention to an announcer because you don’t like what he has to say

@Sportsnet @Buccigross @KellyHrudey saying he is happy Greig was hit from behind might be the most irresponsible thing any sports commentator has ever said. I would love for him to try and explain that reasoning to minor hockey players. Disgusting.

@SensBuzz Team full of fake tough guys

You can sweep us but we’re gonna fucking kill you along the way pussies

@mor67249 @FriedgeHNIC So can a sucker punch. If you go out trying to injure someone, don’t cry when someone does the same to you.

@FriedgeHNIC Outrageous take from your co-panelist Hrudy. Grieg should be punished for his sucker punch, but there is never any justification for running someone head first into the boards. That could end a career or a life and idiot Hrudy should know better.

@CarlynZwaren @Kathleen_Wynne Worked great in the Kawartha lakes, could have filmed tons of indie zombie movies for free

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@GerryDews @jpolly22 Really? Looked like a warm up round for the canes

@jpolly22 It’s playoff hockey you fuckin tool, go watch the jets

Anyone else see that sucker punch from Ridley Grieg on Sean Walker while he was in a headlock? What the hell was that?