Carcillo gets 2-game suspension for...complaining loudly?

[canucksfreak19]

Better that Carcillo got suspended for being an idiot, then Richards getting suspended for an on ice incident that could have easily seen him missing playoff games......

"Supposedly" he was disrespectful and confrontational with the refs off the ice, what do you expect to happen? You stand outside the principals office and pt them down and swear at them, guess what, you're getting suspended.

Very well put.

The other night was a perfect case for why +/- is stupid: Luongo made a horrible turnover that led to a goal. Everyone on the ice got a minus but really, did they have anything to do with the goal? No. +/- is the most overrated stat in the league; bar none.

Agreed 100%. Means nothing to me.

 

[jmatchett]

What exactly are you mad at? Caricillo getting a suspension or Lucic not getting a suspension? Verbally abusing an official, ESPECIALLY off the ice is as stupid as it gets. Did you really think the NHL would let something like that slide?

I just used Lucic as a very recent example. If there's a rule that says you cannot "verbally abuse" (which honestly sounds very grade school to me) an official without a reprimand, I'm fine with that. My question is, why is violently yelling at an official considered a much more major offense than potentially injuring an unsuspecting player? Examples besides Lucic? Cammalleri sticking the Isles player in the preseason, Cammalleri sticking Niederreiter, Briere punching Prust on the bench, Shelley sucking-punching Alberts and boarding McQuaid, etc. It's the same thing as Boynton doing the neck-slashing thing and getting the same amount of time off as Cammalleri for the stick on the same day. To me, a non-physical "assault" is far less suspension-worthy than attacking an unsuspecting player physically.

As for Carcillo, I could care less if he's back. He brings some mediocre talent and chippiness along with a willingness to drop them against most non-heavyweights, and what you deal with is the target on his back and his ability to blow up at any given moment. Any more than $1.1M a year, he isn't worth it.

 

[pwag31]

I just used Lucic as a very recent example. If there's a rule that says you cannot "verbally abuse" (which honestly sounds very grade school to me) an official without a reprimand, I'm fine with that. My question is, why is violently yelling at an official considered a much more major offense than potentially injuring an unsuspecting player? Examples besides Lucic? Cammalleri sticking the Isles player in the preseason, Cammalleri sticking Niederreiter, Briere punching Prust on the bench, Shelley sucking-punching Alberts and boarding McQuaid, etc. It's the same thing as Boynton doing the neck-slashing thing and getting the same amount of time off as Cammalleri for the stick on the same day. To me, a non-physical "assault" is far less suspension-worthy than attacking an unsuspecting player physically.

As for Carcillo, I could care less if he's back. He brings some mediocre talent and chippiness along with a willingness to drop them against most non-heavyweights, and what you deal with is the target on his back and his ability to blow up at any given moment. Any more than $1.1M a year, he isn't worth it.

I wonder if it had anything to do with where it happened.

Things happen on the ice, things are said on the ice, but when it happens off the ice isn't that a little different? Just a thought as to why.

Paul

 

[Hama]

You challenge authority and don't expect repercussions for it? On the ice, that kind of stuff gets the player a gross misconduct at a minimum - which usually guarantees at least a game suspension.

In any case, this one's done - move along