Since the NHL will return on March 1st I thought we would get back in the swing of things. This is the latest controversial hit from the NHL that will cost Blues tough guy Cam Janssen 5 games. I was kind of surprised that it was worthy of a 5 game suspension, but I digress, because you can never really guess what the Colin Campbell wheel of justice is going to yield. What do you think?
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Blues forward Cam Janssen received a five-game suspension from the NHL on Thursday for his Feb. 13 hit to the head on Matt Bradley of the Washington Capitals.EDIT: It's been a tough season for Matt Bradley this is the same guy that Flyers hack Daniel Carcillo smoked.
Janssen must forfeit $14,248 and will miss the Blues' first five games once they return from the Olympic break from March 2-13. He is eligible to return March 14 against Minnesota.
Janssen received a five-minute major interference for the first-period hit along the boards. He also was challenged to a fight by Washington's Quintin Laing, with Laing picking up a two-minute instigator penalty, two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct and a 10-minute misconduct.
Janssen was eventually assessed a game misconduct penalty.
Late hit and he did hit him with his shoulder in the head.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the NHL has got religion with shoulder hits to the head finally.
Yeah it was late hit. Holy cow did Bradley get smoked.
ReplyDeleteIt's also been a tough season for Bradley this is the guy that flyers hack Daniel Carcillo smoked
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-etUuat5sTI