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Remember when you used to be able to lay a good clean body check and not have to fight someone right after it?

Announcer just said food poisoning? Yep.

Crap, not good news for Toronto fans.

Absolutely, but was his intent to injure him, or get a response from someone else by going after the other team's superstar?

Agree, but it's hard to prove intent.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/no-supplemental-discipline-phaneuf-reinhart-hit/

I think you are if you really believe your last sentence. You guys would be without Kane for a while as well if that was the case. I saw him trying to injure a few guys the other night.

Not sure how you arrived at that? I am saying in any situation in hockey a shot to the head is much worse. I agree it was dirty and even said I think he should be suspended for it, but would you not agree that it would be far worse if he kneed him in the face and slammed his head against the boards? (which is what some people think happened) I don't care what people are calling me in this thread.

Why do I care what Miller said about Lucic? Chris Neil is a goon. I saw the knee, but it doesn't hit him in the face (head shot) Yes there is a difference. Just like with a cross check, the game pretty much allows cross checks to the ribs and back all the time, but a cross check to the head is a different story. Right? I agree it was dirty. I think he should get suspended for it, but I also think people are over-reacting because they thought it was a head shot.

That dude is pretty stupid for taking a chance with the Toronto police like that. Last guy ended up with 15 bullet holes in him!

The number is 0. My guess is he will get a 1 game suspension for the kneeing. So I would say that act was not "the norm" for Neil.

Can you guess how many times he has been suspended by the NHL?

Go back and read this thread and tell me that my opinion is not based on fact. How many times are guys whining about a huge miscarriage of justice towards the Sabres, only to have a Sabres player do the exact same thing days later and that's somehow ok. That's being a homer! Fact!

Ignorant? Why because you disagree? BS. I watched the video a few times. Did not see contact to the face? Neil is a dick, but are you seriously saying that is the "norm" for him? Over-react much? Exactly!

Never said anything like that, but thanks for your input.

I think you are judging by your hockey knowledge... I said you guys are homers because you whine about everything the other team does, but fail to mention the dirty cheap shots from your own guys. What was the response from the Sabres?

Did Jack leave in a whaaaambulance? trying to break guys arms is ok though right? and I did not see a knee to the face?

No problem with Kane running around trying to break every guys arm the other night with his crosscheck/bodychecks ? He was out of control dirty and not just on one play. He might be.

You guys are such homers it's funny. No Sabres ever do anything dirty?

It was called a match penalty for an illegal check to the head.....

It's a body check. Really late, but still just a body check. You could hand out "intent to injure" about 100 times per game if you really think about it. What is a punch in the head away from the play? It's a 2 minute penalty.

Just because the ref screwed up, doesn't mean the league should. That's a 2 minute penalty.

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who gets the ball to start the 3rd?

he is now