Nick Kypreos of Canada's Rogers Sportsnet reporting Lightning's Ryan Malone will not face league...

No need to eat crow

You posted what you believed, and I assume you still believe that head shots are dangerous and ought to be illegal, regardless of the circumstance. The question of whether this particular hit violated the rules is separate from the issue of what the rules ought to be.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
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by CAustin on Oct 3, 2011 12:01 PM EDT reply actions

Wow

If this in fact, true… then think this would be a perfect time for Shanny & the league to release a video, explaining why no action will be taken.

This incident looked rather similar to several other ones that did result in suspensions. Only difference was the “aftermath” …guess that shoulder is feeling better, eh Bugsy? Figured this would be the next big case at Sheriff Shanny’s ranch and was reserving my thoughts until after a ruling came down. Again, figuring their would be plenty of discussion on this one, considering who’s involved. Still could be plenty of talk on it, just maybe now for other reasons.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 12:05 PM EDT reply actions

One thing that is for sure..

Josh Gorges will think twice before coming to defend a teammate against Ryan Malone again. Not that he wouldn’t do it again.. just, he’ll think twice, hah.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions

For one, I am curious why he didn’t get an added penalty—last time I checked Georges wears a visor.

On the note of the visor, I’m betting that’s what cut him above his eyebrow.

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Oct 3, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Or..

The fury unleashed by Bugsy upon his head. Wow.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

The word is that both this and the Edler-Hall hit are seen “as examples of head moving just prior to contact.”—per @RealKyper

I, too, want a video explaining these decisions (not just a statement). I think it would help a lot, and best done before the season starts on Thursday.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Part Predator, part Lightning.

by CAustin on Oct 3, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Oct 3, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Shanny made the right call.

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by Rafael Amarante on Oct 3, 2011 1:14 PM EDT reply actions

You're not the only one, John

Color me a bright shade of completely shocked.

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Oct 3, 2011 1:20 PM EDT reply actions

So begins the perception of Shanahan playing favorites….

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

Hence, why a video would be so appropriate here.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Although.. don’t know what reason Shanny would have to play favorites with Bugsy? Or more like.. what reason “others” could give, as to why?

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Whoops..

Yzerman, duh.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

You're not alone John

According to WIIM and RawCharge apparently, Even Ryan Malone was expecting a call from Shanny..

•Ryan Malone destroyed Chris Campoli Saturday night with a hit to the head and, per Puck Daddy, he said after the game that he absolutely expects to be suspended by Brendan Shanahan. [Raw Charge]

Although don’t remember seeing that on here, haha.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

ummmm. . . cool

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by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 3, 2011 1:39 PM EDT reply actions

Legal hit. Campoli needs to keep his noggin up, he saw Malone coming while he was still on the goal line. He had ample time to protect himself and move the puck.

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by Dustin Keene on Oct 3, 2011 1:48 PM EDT reply actions

Once again

“Keeping [one’s] noggin up” is not justification for head shots, and it’s not likely the reason Bugsy avoided a suspension.

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Oct 3, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

well, it was a contributing factor according to Shanahan

he committed to the check while the head was up, and the head moved significantly while the check was in progress, resulting in it being the principle point of contact. So you can’t just up and headshot people who are looking down, but if you start while they’re looking up and they move head positions, that’s not suspendable.

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by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 3, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That’s kinda what I was saying…with different words and stuff.

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Oct 3, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Rec'd

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 3, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I love how it’s not just the hitter who’s being evaluated anymore. The hittee really does have something to do with this, too. It takes two people to make a hit, after all.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Looked really hard for sarcasm but...

…exactly. Shanahan was absolutely right to factor in Campoli’s leaning in after Malone commits to delivering a check.

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 3, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

No sarcasm – totally being honest. I think people are simplifying things down too much when they say that it’s all the hitter’s responsibility. Tell that to Eric Lindros; he who made a career of going thru the neutral zone with his head down.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

In complete agreement.

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 3, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I absolutely want this to be part of the evaluation. Otherwise it becomes “smart strategy” to make yourself vulnerable to head shots, and injuries go up.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Part Predator, part Lightning.

by CAustin on Oct 3, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

The simple fact of the matter is that guys need to re-learn how to take a hit to minimize the injury risk just as much as guys need to re-learn how to throw hits and still minimize injury risks. It works both ways. And, it should be evaluated both ways.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

OT: Anyone watching the Rags vs. Zug game?

Always find the overseas games interesting, esecially when playing against non-NHL teams. Rags are getting dominated at the moment. No Avery, again.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

Not that one but I did try to find video of the Frolunda game, as one of my goalie prospects (the gloriously named Magnus Hellberg) plays for Frolunda. I found about 3 seconds of Hellberg (letting in a goal, obviously) and no stats and it took nearly an hour to get that.

BTW, Lundqvist is scary good.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Part Predator, part Lightning.

by CAustin on Oct 3, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

He's not playing

Martin Biron is starting in net for the Rangers with Scott Stajcer serving as his backup. Rangers goalie coach Benoit Allaire told me that dressing Henrik Lundqvist today would be meaningless, and dressing four out of five nights also is difficult for a goalie, who even as a backup still has to prepare and mentally focus as if he is going to play.

Been an interesting game so far. Zug got an early 3-0 lead, now it’s tied up 3-3 @ 14:00 in 2nd

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Congrats John, you made it to Puck Daddy!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Ryan-Malone-dodges-the-Shanahammer-right-or-wro?urn=nhl-wp13942

Probably not the way you wanted to be on there, however.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

John Fontana of Raw Charge, a Lightning blog, thought Malone was a goner:

Followed by a quote from your post and a link. Any press, is good press?

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t call it a bad thing. I know Wysh – he was just trying to show that even Lightning bloggers thought that Malone was in for a suspension. That’s all.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I know

Was joking and more referring to Johns “eat crow” comment about himself. I think we all (including Malone) thought he was a “goner”

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

The Explanation from Shanahan.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=590940&print=true

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 2:34 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks!

I was just gonna look for that!

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Oct 3, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Still mystified.

Malone’s safe, and MacArthur and Boyes get sat? Shanny’s lost it already.

I'll do it tomorrow, that seems like a pretty good idea to me
What's wrong with tomorrow, I'm watching him but who's watching me?

by Smoboy41 on Oct 4, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Ugh. Here we go...

@TonyMarinaro
Tony Marinaro Surprised nobody has mentioned that Shanahan didnt suspend R.Malone bcz TBY GM is Steve Yzerman. Shanahan and Yzerman played 9 yrs together

You gotta be kidding me? Hope this guy isn’t an actual writer for anyone, except twitter.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 2:38 PM EDT reply actions

Jesus H. Christ

People act like they’ve never played the game.

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 3, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Once a rumor gets started, it’s hard to stop. And this one’s already got legs. So…be ready for this all season long.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Not really a “rumor” per say… more of a “expected crap part of the job” type thing. Trying to think of what the correct “saying” for that would be. Was on the tip of my finger. Dam.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

A friend of mine was just asking last week or the week before how long it’d be before Shanahan ruled on one of his former teammates. This isn’t quite it, of course. But it’s a nice precursor for it.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Started a bit earlier with the Brendan Smith (Red Wing) hit on Ben Smith. And will likely continue. Still trying to think of the correct term, haha.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

And like somebody else posted...

…no need to eat crow, John. I may have disagreed with your assessment of there being “no excuse” to not-suspending Malone, but I do think criticism of Malone was warranted in terms of the context with which the situation happened.

By that I mean, given that his roster spot is secure, your team is losing 4-1 with just 10 minutes to go in a “meaningless” preseason game…Malone should have made the decision to let up well before he committed to attempting to deliver a big hit. In a close regular season game, different story.

This is where my frustration with Malone is on that play. Even if he doesn’t connect with Campoli’s head there and instead just sends him ass-first to the ice, what are the odds that there isn’t a similar reaction from Gorges or another Hab? My guess: pretty low.

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 3, 2011 2:59 PM EDT reply actions

I disagree

if you’re on the ice, play your game. If you refuse to make hits in a practice game that you’d make in a real game, your playing isn’t serving its purpose.

Heel for school, Vol for life!

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by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 3, 2011 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree to disagree.

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 4, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

I mean, just imagine if Malone breaks his hand fighting there.

Would you be whistling to the same tune?

by Michael Gallimore on Oct 4, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

yes

if you’re in the game, you get after it. if you don’t need any game work and want to prevent injuries, the bench is a really good spot for that

Heel for school, Vol for life!

Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!

by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 4, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions

OT: Judgement of another kind

A decision in the Amanda Knox appeal case is due in the next 10-15 minutes. Hope justice prevails.. her case was botched from the very start. Crazy the differences in systems.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 3:28 PM EDT reply actions

It’s a cultural thing.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Oct 3, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Obviously ; )

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

She's free!

Good for her and family/friends! Sorry for so much OT, haha.

Thoughts out to the friends and family of those involved with the most tragic off season in hockey history. Including Red Wings.. Rusty, Beast & Stefan Liv. R.I.P.

by Let's JOE WINGS-BOLTS on Oct 3, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions