tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post3605510958575554025..comments2024-03-08T23:13:42.780-06:00Comments on Hockey Blog In Canada: Gillies Earns More Time OffTeebzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538474727022437837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-20477392214773465342011-03-07T15:50:43.739-06:002011-03-07T15:50:43.739-06:00Two things: the latest suspension that Gillies was...Two things: the latest suspension that Gillies was given, I have no problem with, but I feel like the NHL was doing this as a make-up for not suspending him enough for the first time. Given that, had the league suspended him say, 15 games or so for the Penguins incident, I would have been fine. The suspension for the hit on Clutterbuck is fair in the sense that Gillies didn't get the memo the first time around, which is fine. However, like I said, it feels like the league was making up for not doing enough the first time. Had the league nipped it in the bud before it got to that point with Clutterbuck, we wouldn't be talking about Gillies right now.<br /><br />As for the poster's take on Clutterbuck, he did get a boarding minor for the DiBenedetto, and while that was some punishment, the NHL could have sat Clutterbuck for a game or two. The two hits are rather comparable, I will give you that. However, it looked like Gillies acted a little too soon on the hit. A second or two later, maybe we don't talk about Gillies and instead focus on Clutterbuck's hit.Peter Santellanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296710730176114356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-25294322237532633892011-03-06T20:23:10.014-06:002011-03-06T20:23:10.014-06:00again, another epic fail by the bozos that run the...again, another epic fail by the bozos that run the NHL. Where the Clutterbuck suspension? He clearly hits the islander into the boards from behind. No suspension. Surprise. Again, inconsistancy.<br />As Ron Maclean said, as Don Cherry said, as PJ Stock said, as Garth Snow said, the NHL screwed up with Gillies. It was clearly not a hit to the head, as the replay clearly shows. It was not a hit from behind, again, as the replay clearly shows. A shoulder to shoulder hit with the left hand coming up and making contact with Clutterbucks face.<br />And Gillies, because of reputation, because he's a nobody, because he's on a team that's out of the playoffs, gets a suspension.<br />Clutterbuck, who's hit from behind started it all? Nothing.<br /><br />All the talking heads are talking about how the NHL is a laughing stock because of this, and the American media zeroes in on Gillies and 'the animal he is'....<br /><br />Good job NHL. suspend a guy for a regular hit... and let Clutterbuck get off scott free.<br /><br />It's no wonder why my sport is failing in the U.S... they're too bust laughing at it to watch it.Captain Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com