I'm going to guess 2 games. Boarding and a major for charging all on the same guy within the span of 4 minutes. But yeah, wouldn't be shocking if it's only 1 game because it's the playoffs and we're the Bruins.
But with the hearing today and the game tomorrow, it might be tough to do that. It's not like the regular season where the dude might have 45-60 more games to play so the suspension would always be served.Tommy Wingels is not practicing today. If he has to miss time, the amount of the suspension will be higher. That's how Player Safety usually works.
Don't hate it but have to think about shifting Donato up to play with 46 and Rick Nash and moving DeBrusk down to 3rd.Bottom 6 today with the Wingels news:
Donato - Acciari - Backes
Schaller - Kuraly - Heinen
No thank you. Protect Donato as much as possible 5 on 5 and let him flourish on the PP. DeBrusk does not belong on the 3rd line, that entire 2nd line played great last night.Don't hate it but have to think about shifting Donato up to play with 46 and Rick Nash and moving DeBrusk down to 3rd.
I see pros and cons either way though.
The problem is that Krejci's line is generally the most protected line, despite it being the "2nd" line. Kuraly and his line played 14 minutes last night, almost exclusively vs Toronto's 2nd and 3rd lines, with no offensive zone draws. Krejci had 8 offensive zone drawsNo thank you. Protect Donato as much as possible 5 on 5 and let him flourish on the PP. DeBrusk does not belong on the 3rd line, that entire 2nd line played great last night.
That 2nd line was awesome all game, not sure you want to mess with that.Don't hate it but have to think about shifting Donato up to play with 46 and Rick Nash and moving DeBrusk down to 3rd.
I see pros and cons either way though.
Don't believe so, since it's under 6 games.Can he appeal or is it set in stone?
Couldn't agree more. The Doughty suspension and now this one. Good job NHL DPS starting to show some competence.Win a game or your season is over. Well done NHL
Shocked they actually gave him 3 games.3 games for Kadri. Just as I expected.
Really devastating for Toronto. He's their best two way center and leads them in PP goals. Just a selfish decision that really hurt his team.Way to go Kadri, admitting the préméditation to boot.
Ultimate team guy
Totally agree. Keep Debrusk on the 2nd line and glad Donato will be on the 3rd line, good spot for him 5 on 5. It will be great to have Donato on the PP.No thank you. Protect Donato as much as possible 5 on 5 and let him flourish on the PP. DeBrusk does not belong on the 3rd line, that entire 2nd line played great last night.
To be fair, the Bergeron line ate Kadri alive the last time they played, too.Losing Kadri is huge. I rate him as their second most valuable player. Not having him neutralizes a huge part of Toronto's home ice advantage, which was being able to put Kadri on Bergeron's line and free up Matthews and JVR. Now the Leafs kinda have to put Tyler Bozak on Bergeron, and he's going to get eaten alive.
This was special:
I'd kind of like to see Donato in there also (and he may get his shot now that Wingels may be hurt), but at this point I am mainly looking at this as a positive.And I've read the posts above and understand that the apparent decision to sit Donato in game one could be reversed at any time. But even just focusing on game one, it seems like a mistake in my view to sit someone with Donato's apparent scoring ability. I get the small sample aspect but in his limited time, he's shown enough to make me want him in the line-up more than Tommy Wingels, and I like Wingels.
Agreed on Donato.I'd kind of like to see Donato in there also (and he may get his shot now that Wingels may be hurt), but at this point I am mainly looking at this as a positive.
We don't have to look that far back to a time when a critical playoff game turned on whether 13th forward Kaspars Daugavins could make a play.
I started reading that thread, went to go to the next page and saw there were 31 pages on it. LOL.HFBoards is cesspool.
What are the odds that person thinks you get AIDS by touching a homosexual? 90%?
FTFYWhat are the odds that person thinks you get AIDS bytouchingbeing with 100 feet of a homosexual? 90%?