Well he got called out by a former teammate:Dummy Hoy said:His own teammates should ostracize him. It needs to stop.
http://m.ocregister.com/articles/getzlaf-686016-perry-ducks.html"Same player every year, Ducks center Ryan Kessler said. I played with the guy. He needs to learn how to hit. That has no part in our game any more. He came from across the ice and only made contact with his head. Obviously hope Silfvys alright."
The Napkin said:dayum
go DPS
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and, based on his average annual salary, Torres will forfeit $440,860.29. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
I agree with the interference aspect. Charging would be more appropriate given how far he came even if he did "coast" into the hit. The 41 games is all about his history. It's an awful hit, but compared to the Kronwall hit it's not as bad. Kronwall ignored the puck, left his feet and led with an elbow to the head and got 1 game.The Napkin said:Curious if I'm way out of line on this but make that basically any other player and remove the hit to the head and is it a bad hit? The video says interference (.8 seconds after he loses the puck) but I'm not sure I agree. Certainly with the head shot and the history and I'm not crying at all over the suspension believe me. But in my hypothetical world...
Will have to look at the video some more when I have some more time to really look at it.
In my last post I was going to say after how many times hes been suspended I'd like to see a half season, but I thought it was so farfetched I deleted it. Glad to see this.AMcGhie said:DPS got this one right. Lets hope they continue good form as the season gets started.
Isn't the head shot the whole point? That's what makes it dangerous.The Napkin said:Curious if I'm way out of line on this but make that basically any other player and remove the hit to the head and is it a bad hit? The video says interference (.8 seconds after he loses the puck) but I'm not sure I agree. Certainly with the head shot and the history and I'm not crying at all over the suspension believe me. But in my hypothetical world...
Will have to look at the video some more when I have some more time to really look at it.
Yes? I don't think anyone is debating that?Toe Nash said:Isn't the head shot the whole point? That's what makes it dangerous.
The Napkin said:Yes? I don't think anyone is debating that?
I'm saying in a hypothetical where a different player (without the history) tucked his shoulder and hit him in the chest. Again, no problem with this ruling at all. Just curious about the interference part as a stand alone since they specifically mentioned it and not charging.
OK, just seems pointless to discuss a completely different situation. But carry on.The Napkin said:Yes? I don't think anyone is debating that?
I'm saying in a hypothetical where a different player (without the history) tucked his shoulder and hit him in the chest. Again, no problem with this ruling at all. Just curious about the interference part as a stand alone since they specifically mentioned it and not charging.
http://espn.go.com/losangeles/nhl/story/_/id/13852919/nhl-says-losangeles-kings-settlement-mike-richards-circumvent-cba
The NHL has defended the settlement between Mike Richards and the Los Angeles Kings, saying in no way does it represent a circumvention of the league's collective bargaining agreement.
Some rival team executives, speaking to ESPN anonymously on Saturday, questioned whether the Richards settlement represented a new loophole around the rules.
While the exact amount of the settlement has not been divulged, sources say the Kings will incur salary cap charges until 2031, although overall it's believed less than what a buyout would have cost.
Still, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Saturday that the settlement was within the rules.
"There was a bona fide dispute over the Club's exercise of its termination right pursuant to the SPC (Standard Player's Contract)," Daly said in an email. "There was a grievance filed by the Union seeking resolution of that dispute. The Club is entitled to settle that grievance just as many Club-Player grievances are settled all the time. The CBA not only allows for those settlements, but provides for how the settlements should be accounted for from a Cap perspective. The settlement here is being accounted for in precise accordance with what the CBA contemplates."
Furthermore, Daly said, the NHL kept a close eye on this entire development ever since the Kings terminated Richards' deal back in late June.
"The League actively monitored each stage of this dispute from the time of the initial contract termination to the point at which the case was settled, during which time we were in frequent contact with both the Club and the NHLPA," Daly said. "If the settlement was simply a disguised way to get favorable Cap treatment, we certainly would have considered it to be a circumvention and acted accordingly. But this wasn't that. Far from it. There is absolutely zero concern that anything that transpired here could in any way be considered a 'circumvention' of the CBA. Anyone who believes to the contrary is clearly not privy to the facts."
A source also said Richards' settlement includes non-precedent language so that other teams in similar positions cannot cite the Richards case.
If I heard the report correctly on the radio this morning, Columbus had to pay Vancouver a 3rd to sign him because he was still under contract.cshea said:Todd Richards fired by CBJ. Torts takes over.
That's right. Torts is back!
“Player tracking will reach hockey soon, where a player like P.K. Subban will have a chip on him so you can see how fast he’s skating or what distance he’s skated in one period,” said Louis-Philippe Neveu, TVA Sports’ executive producer of hockey. “There will be advanced stats that are not available right now, and graphics showing stuff you see in the NFL. It’s pretty cool. In the next 10 years every network will have it.”