Jared Spurgeon Injured by Cody McLeod: Spin the Wheel

Disgusting and uncalled for. I’m getting sick and tired of our players getting these hits and having the perpetrators go unpunished. Shanahan is an absolute moron so I expect him to ignore this type of hit yet again.

Maybe a fine. Its a terrible thing, but if the league follows suit for recent events, there wont even be a fine.

Brendan will do nothing here. Department of Safety Jokes will see nothing and move along. Since it’s not generating “buzz” about the East Coast Classic, we’ll be lucky if he even says anything about it.

How many Wild players need to be injured by these horrible targeting plays before the NHL starts enforcing its own policies?

If Shanahan will not suspend, I hope that Colorado has enough integrity to sit Mcleod for a couple of games.

People need to learn that it is not about intent, it is about results. Mcleod hit Spurgeon from behind, driving Spurgeon headfirst into the boards. Not only that, but Spurgeon was injured by the play. Maybe not a head injury (although there could be some damage there, preventing him from properly using his leg. You know, that is where his brain is, the thing that controls his body, and his leg is part of his body), but an injury nonetheless.

Poor enforcement of the rules will soon lead to fan enforcement of the rules. And the NHL certainly does not want that.

When Shanahan determines that a play is suspension worthy and there are no injuries, keep the current model but make the average 2 game suspension 3 to 5 MINIMUM.

But what i think is the only solution to this, If you injure the player on the play, you sit out EVERY SINGLE DAY the injured player sits out, bottom line, PERIOD. but on top of that, when a team has a player who is suspended indefinitely, they cannot call up another player to fill the spot, their roster position is filled with the dirty player. This will not only impact the players and help deter them from the cheap shots, But aside from a penalty in that current game, they will think twice when calling up a goon/cheap player in the first place, who wants their 23 player roster/20 dressed to be 22/19, these teams will choose not to play Cooke or Avery etc. So if you dish out a cheap shot resulting in concussion or an ACL injury, theres a chance that player will not play the remainder of that season or even into the next.

It is kind of shocking to me that one of the main factors Shanahan uses (according to the videos) to determine if a suspension is need is if the act resulted in an injury to a player. I want to know what Shanahan is going to call Spurgeon on a stretcher. A bad case of diarrhea? Severe dehydration caused by a delayed reaction to partying on New Year’s Eve 2010?

Bouchard was suspended earlier this year for high sticking. The game he returned after breaking his nose, he received a high stick that bloodied his chin. Why wasn’t the other player suspended? Because it was an “accident”? Like Bouchard’s high stick to Matt Calvert?

Never being suspended before should not factor into a player getting suspended.

Use a player’s perceived intent to determine the length of the punishment, not whether or not the player gets punished at all. It is obvious that the NHL’s department of player safety and discipline are not using the same guidelines in all of their punishments.

Leaving the bench to get in a fight is a 10 game suspension? But hitting someone in the face with your stick and making them bleed is only a 2 minute penalty? Intentionally crippling someone results in only 2 games? Why not have the time fit the crime?

Either enforce the rules indiscriminately or get rid of them all together and let the players police themselves. The fans are getting tired of the league fixing the games. This isn’t wrestling. The games are not predetermined. The fans want it to stay that way.