I saw the game in question, the hit on Campbell was a bad hit, there could have been a more meaningful, meatier and longer suspension for Alex Ovechkin but NHL fans should know by now that NHL stars like Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby don’t get 5-10 games suspensions or longer because there are separate and different rules for superstars than there are for the tough guys and goons in the NHL. The NHL isn’t going to take their money makers and suspend them for long periods of time because they put asses in the seats. That is the brutal reality. If Derek Boogaard or Milan Lucic had did what Ovechkin did to Brian Campbell the NHL would have had the book thrown at them.
I believe that there should be the same rules for Sidney Crosby, Milan Lucic and Colton Orr. Do the crime you do the time.
Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz believes Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin knew what he was doing when he injured Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell on March 14, and Wirtz believes Ovechkin should have been suspended for the rest of the season.
Ovechkin was suspended two games for the hit, which resulted in a fractured clavicle and rib. Campbell is expected to miss seven to eight weeks.
During a taping of an upcoming Crain's Business of Sports video, Wirtz said the suspension should last as long as the injured player is sidelined.
"If any one of our great players put Ovechkin out for the season, he should be out for the season, too," Wirtz told Crain's. "Make it commensurate. [ESPN.COM]
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