Je recommanderais d’écouter le segment complet https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/32-thoughts/the-battle-of-ontario-is-back-baby/ Parle de la durée de la suspension pendant les 5 premières minutes avec des performances comparables, et parle à nouveau de la façon dont il s’attendait à 2-4 matchs après 13 minutes. Il semble véritablement choqué par l’audience en personne. Il parle également des préjugés des fans à environ 8 minutes, et à la 11e minute, il dit : « Il y a beaucoup de gens sur Twitter et les réseaux sociaux qui disent ‘ah, c’est juste un tir frappé dans un filet vide, quel est le problème’, et Je vois certaines de ces personnes se mettre en colère lorsque quelqu’un leur envoie un tweet légèrement critique. Ne dites pas que vous allez gérer cela mieux que Rielly ne l’a fait. LMAO J’aimerais entendre toutes vos réflexions à ce sujet.
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TorontoIndieFan
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Another thing Friedman said was that he heard the Leafs organization is furious about the in-person hearing
I dont know why he’s surprised. Rielly is a leaf the book is always thrown at them
Everyone knows 0 precedent is set until a Leaf then it’s time for Parros to awaken because his brain damage only reacts to the word Leafs.
Despite similar crosschecks going unpunished all the time, and despite Rielly being the definition of a first time offender, he’s going to get suspended for like 6 games because he’s on the Leafs and it drew a lot of attention
The fact that they spoke about it for 25 minutes is exactly why it’s an in person. If it was Jacques Strapp from Minnesota who did it, he wouldn’t have gotten a major. Leafs are the centre of the hockey universe – for good or bad.
How can anyone be surprised. The NHL DOPS has consistently treated Leaf players more harshly than other teams.
Let’s be honest, an old school tough guy like Parros, who has a clothing line ‘violent gentlemen’ most certainly agrees with most former players on understanding Rielly’s reaction.
My thoughts are either his hatred of the Leafs burns so deep he just can’t help himself, or he is being pressured by others who are clutching their pearls as hockey media has done.
I am sure a part of it is anything less than the max punishment will have the athletic clutching their pearls about how they don’t take cte seriously and don’t protect their players and whatever other crap they can spew to generate clicks from the people addicted to being outraged.
This should be 2 games like what Matthews got. Hit upper body that rode up into the head, no injury. Instead like usual, they will make an example because they are the Leafs and they try so hard to not appear biased for us they are biased against us.
Also lost respect for Friedman @ the department of safety like a weasel in real time.
It’ll be the longest suspension this year, or at the very least, tied with Perron at 6 games. And honestly, who in the world is surprised in the least? You knew when this happened, Rielly was getting the book thrown at him.
It happens almost every time a Leaf is on the offensive side of something like this.
Edit: Pinto got 41 games but we won’t discuss that…
Friedman massively contributed to the rage baiting by tweeting directly at player safety about it, something he’s never done for any other incident in the league, so he can fuck off.
From the way people are speaking about this it seems like greig had died on the hit, like what is going on?
The actual crosscheck is similar to the one Matthews gave Dahlin and got 2 games for. Given that they’ve had more of a focus on these plays recently and that this one wasn’t in the middle of a confrontation during the play like Matthews was, I could rationalize 4, maybe 5 games. However, it’ll probably be like 8 games. I do think the leafs will appeal the ruling though
Yea cuz sens fans exude big incel energy and daddy Bettman needs to protect his small market teams
Why is this different than cross checks that happen in every game? In this case buddy saw the hit coming. The ones in the front of the net are usually to the back. Should everyone get suspended?
Why would he be surprised? It’s not a secret that leafs get punished harder than the rest of the league.
2-4 for the rest of the league is 5-8 here.
I’m baffled too, when ignoring the DoPS Leafs bias.
One thing no one seems to talk about is how Rielly hits Greig’s shoulder first, and Greig instinctivey defends himself with his hand which seems to cause Rielly’s stick to ride up into his face.
Before you accuse me of victim blaming here, I strongly believe Rielly is responsible for his stick and the outcome of that play and should be suspended a game or two given that there’s plausible deniability of his intentions. Given Rielly’s clean record, and Greig not being injured on the play, it’s absolutely bonkers that they’re going to make an example out of him.
The number of dangerous plays that go un-penalized, un-fined and un-suspended compared to this play is bullshit. We don’t want players to get away with their aggressions, we just want consistency.
It’s weird. LEAFS fans have said for years that Bettman and the league are against them. Everyone else chalked it up to whining and conspiracy theories. Now even the « experts » are baffled. The league judges the Leafs different than any other team. One day the fans will figure it out and stop funding this debauchery. Maybe if the NHL’s cash cow dries up, things will change
Name a more embarrassing thing that the DoPS clear bias against Toronto.
Garbage league. I’ve lost a lot of interest in the last couple years with just how inconsistent everything is.
It’s not fun when the cards are stacked against them. From scheduling, to salary cap, to officiating, and suspensions. It’s just a drain.
Leafs jersey means 3 minimum
I seldom use Friedman to create my thoughts.
They’ll give him 6. He’ll appeal and get a couple games knocked off but not before serving all 6
[[Simmons] A five or six game suspension for a career non offender like Morgan Rielly would border on crazy and incredulous – which is exactly how George Parros seems to operate the apparent NHL Department of Safety.](https://twitter.com/simmonssteve/status/1756789497491018006?t=aEWpC31s3j6Tom8Vmt23dA&s=19)
world is fucked if Steve Simmons is the voice of reason
Thank god for this podcast for making sense.
I finally unsubbed to that goof hockey guy on YouTube. He wants more hot dogging and regurgitates all the stupid twitter takes
I hope if it’s more than 6 the organization will be vocal. If that’s gonna be the call then fine, but there’s got to be consistency. Eventually, someone or body is going to need to say enough is enough and the NHL and DOPS needs to be held to a higher, consistent standard.
So sick of other fanbases piling on the Leafs and pretending they would have been totally cool if someone did what Greig did to their own team. I also see some comparisons to bat flips in baseball, but it’s more like pimping a home run off a position player in a game you’re up by 10. Not against the rules but totally classless. The fact that his own teammate Giroux didn’t defend him tells you a lot.