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The Penguins, hockey and more, by the PG's Seth Rorabaugh. |
According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, the NHL will not discipline Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier in regards to his actions against Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin.
At 12:11 of the third period of yesterday's game in Tampa, Lecavalier was given a 10-minute misconduct as well as two roughing minors after he attacked Malkin in the neutral zone. As officials broke up a scrum will all five skaters on the ice, Lecavalier struck Malkin the face with a punch:
EN Says: If Malkin had been injured on the punch, the league might take action. That's its mindset, a crime can't be committed unless there's a victim who is suffering.
In 2009, Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo knocked Capitals forward Matt Bradley to the ice with a sucker punch:
The punch landed Carcillo a four-game suspesion.
While several circumstances are difference such as Carcillo's discipline history and the fact that both players weren't in a scrum, the action was the same. Player A hit Player B with a sucker punch. Bradley just happened to end up getting injured while Malkin was relatively fine.
Garage league.That's what the NHL is. It always has been and always will be a garage league.

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I remember a few years ago he was bemoaning something we had done -- I think it was actually Sid he was talking dirt on when Sid started a fight to try and spark the team during a slump -- and I remember some commentary from media types outside of Pittsburgh to the effect of "well when such a clean player as Vinnie says that, you've got to think about it..."
It's garbage. He's as dirty as anyone when his team is losing and he's frustrated. That's just the nature of the beast.
Guy got a free pass to get dirty with another star player because of his rep and he gets to keep that rep without everyone outside of Pittsburgh.
He really is one of my least favorite players in the league -- even well before this particular incident -- because I think he's the equivelent of a politician. He looks good in general, he says the right things, but he's an obsequeous jerk hiding behind some trumped up image of being one of the league's standup guys.
And don't even get me started on Downie's garbage yesterday.
Oi. So glad Geno put them away.