NHL Playoffs

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by pgiaco

I think keeping him out the remainder of the final is an appropriate suspension. It is hard to suspend someone for the duration of another player's injury because what do you do if he comes back and then goes out again with recurrent symptoms?
That being said, players need to respect each other. While you are always taught to keep your head up, especially in high traffic areas, nobody expects to get hit 3 seconds after you get rid of the puck. I'm not sure what Mike Murphy was thinking when he said Rome was suspended for the lateness of the hit, that it would have been legal if delivered earlier. If that's a legal hit, the why have Rule 48 (head shot rule) on the books at all.. Finally, Rome has to understand that now his team's top players will now be targets. Just a stupid play all around.

In this case the 4 games worked out well because it guarantees that Rome is done for the series. I really believe that if Horton wasn't hurt, then Rome would have only gotten 2 games. In this day and age, I'm not sure how many guys are able to rush back from head injuries.

Rome looked like he left his feet, so that is definitely not a legal hit in any way.

Not sure about the watching their back thing. The ultimate payback for the B's would be taking home the Cup. They can't get wrapped up in payback and take stupid penalties in the process. The other night was a perfect opportunity for a little redemption with the game out of hand. But going forward their sole focus should be on the Cup and the rest will eventually take care of itself.