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STACHE GETS 10 MORE
Topic Started: Mar 4 2011, 03:15 PM (1,506 Views)
4CUPZ
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3:10 pm: Even the league’s top insiders under-estimated the punishment by half. Gillies, who just sat out nine games, has now been suspended by the NHL for ten games for his hit on Cal Clutterbuck. The Wild forward did not have to go through a hearing for his penalty for hitting Justin DiBenedetto from behind.
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Very curious to see what the official language is from Crooked Colin's office. If it says "hit from behind" then they are even more bass akwards than we thought
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but how can you not be excited about DiPietro…Robert Nilsson…Ryan O'Marra…Petteri Nokelainen…Jeremy Colliton…Kyle Okposo…Blake Comeau…Sean Bergenheim…Chris Campoli…and so many others.
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New York Islanders forward Trevor Gillies has been suspended 10 games for hitting Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck from behind and delivering a blow to the head during Wednesday's game on Long Island.

The NHL announced the ban after holding an in-person hearing with Gillies at the league's office in Toronto on Friday.

The suspension is Gillies' second of the season, and comes almost immediately after he finished serving a nine-game ban for his role in a brawl against the Penguins on Feb. 11. Gillies' incident against the Wild this week came during his first game back after that punishment.

On Wednesday, Gillies slammed Clutterbuck into the boards in retaliation for a hit that Clutterbuck put on New York's Justin DiBenedetto moments earlier in the opening minutes of the second period. Gillies received a five-minute major for hitting from behind, plus 10-minute and game misconducts for his actions.

"By targeting his opponent's head, three shifts into his first game back from a suspension for a very similar action, Mr. Gillies has forfeited his privilege of playing in the league for 10 games," said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell in a statement. "While it is fortunate there was no injury on the play, there can be no justification for a player delivering a dangerous check to an opponent in this manner".

The league also noted in its release that Gillies is now considered a repeat offender under terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The 32-year-old has one goal and 124 penalty minutes in 33 games this season. He will be allowed to return to New York's lineup on March 26 against Philadelphia.

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124 minutes of penalties in 86.5 minutes of ice time. :rotflmao:


This is exactly what I suspected would happen. Had he been a guy who took regular shifts his punishment would be less, but he is what he is, a goon for one purpose and one only, to go out there to mix it up. I'm glad he'll be out of the lineup, and the Isles should send him on his way and ask him not to return.

I love toughness, standing up for one's teammates, fighting, hard hitting, but I don't like goons. They have to be able to play the game for them to have any value. Give me another Matt Martin or Haley in his place.
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BUT THEN THEY'LL HAVE A SPARE KIOSK AT THE DRAFT PARTY :o
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Actually it was only 4 games for the hit to the head......he got 3 more for the stupid stache....and 3 for making the maniac face all the time.



No mention of the "hit from behind" and frankly I can accept it for this statement alone:
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three shifts into his first game back from a suspension for a very similar action,



To paraphrase: "he didn't learn his lesson"
Garth Snow circa 2006:
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but how can you not be excited about DiPietro…Robert Nilsson…Ryan O'Marra…Petteri Nokelainen…Jeremy Colliton…Kyle Okposo…Blake Comeau…Sean Bergenheim…Chris Campoli…and so many others.
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So we should expect to see other attempts to injure be punished accordingly....or not.
"clearly it's Rick DiPietro's stupidity that's put the islanders in this situation getting into an altercation when a game was over..." Keith Jones on VS

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Awfully nice of the Isles to send Gillies to the hearing without any representation (per twitter)...it is apparently unprecedented. Garth couldn't go because it was team photo day...


I guess they are washing their hands of him....but still not nice leaving hung out to dry like that.
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but how can you not be excited about DiPietro…Robert Nilsson…Ryan O'Marra…Petteri Nokelainen…Jeremy Colliton…Kyle Okposo…Blake Comeau…Sean Bergenheim…Chris Campoli…and so many others.
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Colin Campbell is a joke. This is not about Gillies. Thit is about the NHL setting guidelines and being consistent. 19 games for Gillies for 2 incedents. I'm willing to bet Cooke doesn't have 19 games for 4 different (and much worse) incidents. So Campbell uses Gillies as an example......do other players really take this is a warning.....NO.
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Colin Campbell is a joke. This is not about Gillies. Thit is about the NHL setting guidelines and being consistent. 19 games for Gillies for 2 incedents. I'm willing to bet Cooke doesn't have 19 games for 4 different (and much worse) incidents. So Campbell uses Gillies as an example......do other players really take this is a warning.....NO.

If this happened to a Pittsburgh player and Crosby was the who came to the rescue of his teammate and did the exact same thing, I promise he would have gotten praised and would've gotten zero games for it. :puke:

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He was never an "Enforcer" as neither was that other idiot with the nickname.
When he was signed to a one year deal I wasn't happy but looking back at it, I wouldn't change a thing. What's happened has happened. I hope I never see him wear our jersey again. Even though I FULLY believe Colon Campbell has an issue still with our franchise, I don't care that Gillies is gone. I do care that his family will be affected from the loss in salary but he will have to answer that guilt when he looks at himself in the mirror.

Martin, Haley, Konopka can handle the fisticuffs and they contribute in other ways too.

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sybo,Mar 5 2011
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Awfully nice of the Isles to send Gillies to the hearing without any representation (per twitter)...it is apparently unprecedented. Garth couldn't go because it was team photo day...


I guess they are washing their hands of him....but still not nice leaving hung out to dry like that.

Why doe she need anyone to go with him and hold his hand? He's been there before, he knows the routine.
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sybo,Mar 4 2011
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Awfully nice of the Isles to send Gillies to the hearing without any representation (per twitter)...it is apparently unprecedented. Garth couldn't go because it was team photo day...


I guess they are washing their hands of him....but still not nice leaving hung out to dry like that.

Brian,
I think it's more BS from Garth Snow.
Many a team photo over the years have had stand ins with photo shopped heads.
My take is that this is just as much a cost savings team issue as it is the beginning of
them washing their hands of Gillies.

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I feel really bad for Gillies. his job on the team is to bash heads so he goes out and bashes heads. the guy gets into trouble and the Islander organization does nothing for him. that's just wrong. regardless if you like the player or not-me personally if Gillies never plays for the Isles again its really no big loss BUT the guy has a family he needs to make a paycheck. this is how you ruin moral on the team-you should stick up for your own. the Islanders didn't do that-that just sucks!!
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Gillies is another reason why Isles rarely make playoffs
and just play for picks :disgraced:
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First off I want to make it clear that in my opinion he deserved A suspension.
10 Games is the NHL's way of saying "we can bring light on the head targeting issue and we ONLY upset Islanders fans."

That being said ,Gillies finished a hit on a player that took liberties on one of his line mates. He made this decision in what turns out to be under 2 seconds. Was it a high hit? Absolutely. Hit from behind? Absolutely not.
Did Clutterbuck need to find out that the Islanders will not stand for this kind of action?
Absolutely.
It was a high hit and a quick decision. The action that he took was wrong but the fact he stood up for his teammate was still ultimately right.
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any human would see, we got shcrew. but if isles sign gillies one more year, heads up. so dont jump on gillies, he's good for our team for ! more year.
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rst033,Mar 5 2011
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I feel really bad for Gillies. his job on the team is to bash heads so he goes out and bashes heads. the guy gets into trouble and the Islander organization does nothing for him. that's just wrong. regardless if you like the player or not-me personally if Gillies never plays for the Isles again its really no big loss BUT the guy has a family he needs to make a paycheck. this is how you ruin moral on the team-you should stick up for your own. the Islanders didn't do that-that just sucks!!

WHAT WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO???
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Doesn't this league have a union? how does one person go before a disipline board without representation? The NHLPA should be all over colin cancer and his obvious dislike for any player that sports an Islander jersey. Colin cancer is an azzhole! :moon:
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islesfever,Mar 5 2011
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Doesn't this league have a union? how does one person go before a disipline board without representation? The NHLPA should be all over colin cancer and his obvious dislike for any player that sports an Islander jersey. Colin cancer is an azzhole! :moon:

The NHLPA did represent Gillies at the hearing...
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