That doesn't sound great. So much for my dream of trading Swayman for Chychrun.
I did not get to watch the game (was at Hamilton with my daughter, so I feel like I won this one), but I 100% think Bergy getting taken out contributed to it, and, like others, I would love to know the magic words that came out of Jarry's mouth. I know he was a shithead ion the day, but this stuff has been almost entirely cut out of his game over the last 4-5 years or so. For him to go off the deep end so wildly make me think it really wasn't a "nothingburger" (someone in the game thread said this is how Jarry treated it).
I know I keep repeating this every time it comes up but I truly believe that they really don’t want to suspend anyone. They only act when they feel like they have to, and usually “have to” means that there is considerable pressure in the media for them to do something. And most of the media that is discussing hockey in English that the guys at the league office in Toronto is consuming is local talk radio. So every time Marchand does something, it’s under a microscope because of how much people hate him in Toronto. So Parros and everyone else at that office his hearing fan and media outrage over things that certain guys do, and they don’t hear outrage about guys nobody up there cares about. So Marchand will get a big suspension, and Yanni Gourde can hit guys in the numbers and not worry about it (until he Injures, or god forbid licks a guy on the Maple Leafs).
Marchand also went out of his way to fuck with Jarry as he was trying to give a kid a puck at the end of the 2nd period. I just think Marchand was fired up due to the Bergeron injury and the fact Jarry singlehandedly stole the game for PIT. Marchand deserves what ever punishment he gets, you can't allow players to sucker punch a goalie like that. I'm a bit surprised PIT didn't respond more forcefully but perhaps not all of them saw what he did in the scrum and just wanted to get out of there with a W.
I've never seen him flip out like that. Usually the stuff he does is trying to get under others skin, etc. That was him seeing red, which was jarring to me.
Jarry covers the puck. Marchand is standing, flat footed, a few feet away at the post. Marchand doesn't appear to be interested in a scrum or shenangigans. He didn't even take a post whistle swipe at the puck, whcih you often see in these net mouth coverups. On the overhead camera, it's pretty clear that after covering the puck, Jarry looks at Marchand and says something. Marchand reacts by punching him, then sticks his stick in Jarry's face as the ref is hauling him away. Maybe there was some built up frustration, but to me, it's not a premeditated thing. Jarry said something, Marchand lost it. Doesn't excuse Marchand's actions but I don't think Marchand was out there trying to get to Jarry.
I wonder if some hassle with Jarry precipitated that incident at the end of the 2nd. Maybe Jarry cracked some ankles with his stick. Marchand and Jarry were barking at each other as they skated off at the end of the period.
That's what I'm saying. I was expecting it to be some kind of big swing and blow to the guy's head followed by a Matt Cooke type of swing of the stick. How is what he did 5 games plus other than the fact that the league wants to hold stuff over his head that he did many years earlier?
Welp. This is what we all feared right? Maybe its just my post Bergy anxiety creeping in but he's been concussion free since...2013? Now he gets one 4 months from when he needs to decide what he's doing next year. I don't like it one bit.
That would have been absolutely ridiculous if that was the case. It would be pure vindictiveness.
Yes, but Marchand + NHLPS = Pure Vindictiveness. It’s the fourth law of thermodynamics.
Yep. If he doesn't want to be thrown into the wheel of justice, he needs to cut the shit. We can talk all day about what is fair or not for a suspension, but he should have avoided the behavior in the first place. Just skate away. Selfish and unneeded.
He did cut the shit. For three years. And got a garbage suspension for being stronger and having better leverage than a guy, skating in the same direction, in open ice.
He did cut the shit, until he didn't. But your second paragraph highlights that you get that.
I think it's fair to critique his first suspension as being entirely unjustified. He did nothing wrong; just caught the player going the wrong way at the last minute.
I was ranting to a friend about this last night. I said its clear that Parros has favorites (Tom Wilson clearly) and brings his dogshit warrior code ethos to these decisions with no sense of precedent or justice at all. All the things that I think we all agree on here. But my buddy said "yeah all that is probably true but Marchand has to stop giving him at bats." Yup. Hard to argue with that. I don't think this was something that gets another guy more than 1 game, but we all just assumed that Brad was getting 10 because of all the reasons I stated before. He should know that too. So dumb.
I’m with you on this. Put him between DeBrusk and Steen. He’s played with Steen and his speed would complement DeBrusk’s. Give Studnicka the chance to make mistakes as long as he learns from them. Let’s see what we’ve got in him.
Please play him at center. Please play him at center…
