Quoting: Leafsfan98
Yeah, because what the league thinks isn't in line with what should happen... It's never been like that... If that's your excuse for why Rielly deserves anymore than 3, than you are wrong... Rielly's main point of contact was the shoulder, and it rode up to the head, Greig's also fine after the play and Rielly's decision didn't come out of nowhere... That's shouldn't be more than 2 games...
Neither were! Trouba's was after a scrummed everyone was debriefing and he, two handed, chopped on Fredric's head... There was no hockey play there! Lizzotte, the play was in a different zone, and Morrissey was willing to drop his gloves (which he did, Greig turtled, guaranteed if Greig dropped gloves, we wouldn't have batted an eye)
Rielly went to rough Greig up via cross checks... It's happened countless times, the only difference is that Greig turtled, making the stick ride up to the head... What's stopping a guy like Tkachuk or Cousins from doing the same in a playoff series in the middle of a scrum? If you want, I can show countless examples or guys roughing each other up via cross checks...
And it's not that bad of a punishment for the Leafs, they can rally behind it and could go 4-1-0 (as they've gone 14-2-1 when Rielly wasn't playing last year via injury). Ask anybody in that Leafs room, and they all support Rielly's decision...
And please, when does someone face wash as a retaliatory act
Look, we are obviously not going to agree here. I think it's childish to point fingers at other teams and say "but he got away with it!!!111" when your guy is caught red-handed. Rielly did something incredibly stupid and deserves whatever suspension he's getting, and I personally hope it's a long one so it can serve as a deterrent to get this kind of garbage out of the game.
But I wanted to highlight two things you said. First off - I actually agree with you here, and I think I've been pretty open throughout this thread that Rielly could have easily made the choice to throw down the gloves if he wanted to. The reason I keep being amazed that you're blaming Greig for "turtling" is because I don't see how he can actually turtle when he was never offered anything but a cross check thrown towards his head. Most folks would call that "bracing for impact" but you keep trying to shift the blame on to Greig for what, exactly? Should he have dropped the gloves and tried to throw hands at Rielly's stick?
And the second part is what I've been saying about Rielly being a selfish dickhead here. You're 100% right - everyone in the league is talking about this, and what's stopping a guy like Matt Tkachuk or Brad Marchand from slapping home an empty-netter in a playoff game to try and get under Rielly's skin again? If you don't think a guy like that is going to relish the opportunity to get the Leafs to make another stupid, emotional decision, then I've got a bridge to sell you. Rielly's gonna have to play like a saint now, because next time he'll be a "repeat offender" (for whatever that counts at DoPS).
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