Logical Progression wrote:
Av-merican wrote:
Personally speaking, if this costs Staal time in the NHL, it should get Edler Shanabanned to start the season. But I don't think the rules allow for that.
Wishful thinking Av. IIHF and NHL are independent organizations.
Yet they use largely the same personnel for games. They have to have agreements in advance for that. Don't believe the ones they have cover this though.
And really, I'll contradict myself now and say I don't really WANT to see Edler suspended because I've gone on record as being one of those who thinks that injuries resulting from a dirty hit/play are irrelevant. It's the intent, not the result, that should be grounds for punishment. Not always easy to gauge intent--but in a case like this it sure as hell looks intentional to me.
It was a dirty, dirty, hit IMO. If you want to chalk that up to my anti-Canucks bias, I won't stop you. To be honest I've never really thought much about Edler one way or the other.