He has been involved in some of the dirtiest hockey in history during his junior and professional career(anyone remember him Cross checking his own team mate in the mouth durring practice?). He's no Colton Orr, who has no hockey skill and only gets ice time to punch people. This is what makes all those "He has no business in the NHL" comments tricky. So losing downie for tampa bay is gonna be a big loss for their playoff hopes.īut ya, he needs to be suspended for sure.i dont even think what ovechkin did was that bad, this was way worse not to mention he is a +17 and that its tops for the tampa bay team. Grappos13 wrote: ↑not that it matters much, and downie has done some pretty stupid crap.gotta admit that he has played well this season.17 goals and 40 points in 66 games is great for his first full season for a 22 year old. If your co-worker punched you and wasnt severley punished/suspended/fired by your manager/employer (in other words allowed to come back each day and do it again), you would certainly have grounds for a grievance if not a labour board or possibly even human rights complaint. But they wont.īad example anyways, Shaner. If marquee players really opposed the rules/environment they could go play in Europe/Russia as a form of protest until the NHL made things right. or whores who will allow someone to do any despicable thing to their bodies-for the right price. The NHL could change the rules allowing goalies to carry a battleaxe so as to bludgeon or chop players who enter the crease and the players wouldnt do anything.but lower the salary cap, and they'll scream bloody murder. In the end, nothing will change, b/c all the players care about is the mighty dollar. This is something that management is responsible for, not the union.Ĭouldnt they grieve the rules that allow this sort of behaviour are essentially the same as any task/situation in a normal job that creates an unsafe working condition? One player would be laughed at, but if many high profile players did then maybe it would be considered. That's not something that can be done by a grievance nor is the union supposed to be responsible for punishing its members. ![]() ![]() That would be like me going to my union and filing a grievance because my co-worker punched me in the mouth. Shaner wrote: ↑Grieve what? They can't grieve an on ice action of another player.
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