Seth Rohrabaugh of Empty Netters posted this photo after the first game, and I am reposting based on last nights game, and the officiating I have seen in this series, the Flyers series, and the Capitals series....I will speak in the post only of last nights ending moments..........IF, the cemented headed fools in the league office were serious about protecting its players, elevating itself to a "real" professional league, and ending the "message sending" that happens at the end of games that get out of control in the playoffs, Jarkko Ruutu and Chris Neil will be suspended for one game each......both Neils cross check to the head of Goligoski and Ruutus sucker punch to the chin of Matt Cooke at the end of a 7-4 game were at least as bad as the cross check to the head delivered last season by Dan Carcillo to the head of Max Talbot.....this play resulted in a one game suspension for Carcillo. If you take into account the rest of the plays made by each, there is no doubt that a similar punishment should be in order....Neil was about to assault a linesman, and is openly looking to hurt somebody..........but since the offending players play for a team based in Canada, and they are down 3 to 1 in the series there is no way that Colonsniffer Campbell will have the guts or the desire to be consistent in that message. I have said many times that hockey is the best sport of all..........too bad the NHL is the WORST professional league of all..........handle it yourselves Pens.
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