Cooke Not Suspended; Campbell Hints At Standard

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Mar 10, 2010 2:27 PM PST

ARTHUR:
The Penguins Matt Cooke will not be suspended for his hit on Marc Savard according to NHL.com. Following the GM meeting in Boca Raton, the NHL general managers have recommended a lateral, back pressure, blindside penalty for next year, and Colin Campbell has said that, under the proposed rule, Cooke would have been suspended. Also, that a stiffer punishment would be in play for repeat offenders.

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How is this and this a suspension then?

We need consistency!

If I accidentally trip and fall down and I have a boner and I fall into a guy's butt repeatedly is that gay?

by brokenyard on Mar 10, 2010 4:10 PM PST reply actions

Consistency is Meaningless

Quote from TSN article:

In explaining his decision, NHL senior vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said that the ruling was based on consistency involving similar incidents. Philadelphia’s Mike Richards was not suspended for a similar hit on Florida’s David Booth last October, so using that as precedent, Cooke was not suspended either.

As one of the articles commenters pointed out, consistency is useless is you are consistently wrong.

As I said in Rink Side Radio chat room on Monday, sadly I don’t see this whole head shot issue being resolved until a Todd Bertuzzi case arises.

by yankeeken on Mar 11, 2010 1:01 AM PST reply actions

Maybe if Sean Avery’s the victim…

No no no, I’m a bad person.

If I accidentally trip and fall down and I have a boner and I fall into a guy's butt repeatedly is that gay?

by brokenyard on Mar 12, 2010 3:16 AM PST up reply actions

I thought Booth was the whole reason for the discussion.

Isn’t that why we have this rule? Because of the Richards hit?

"Abtholoootleee"

by Floyd Gondoli on Mar 12, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions

the rule isn’t effective yet, but Cambell is basically saying that this year, these aren’t penalties. Next year, if the rule is approved, both would be penalties under the rule as currently written.

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Mar 12, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions