[Dhaliwal] No additional discipline or fine for Josh Manson’s hit on JT Miller
For those asking, there will be no additional discipline or fine from the department of player safety for Josh Manson’s hit on JT Miller last night.
— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) March 14, 2024
by mediumyeet
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This shit pisses me off. Such a predatory hit by Manson. Clearly targeted the head which is automatically an intent to injure.
He’s the same POS that had that dirty slash to Bedard’s wrist a couple of weeks back too.
Guy has no respect for the well being of others. It’s one thing to make a mistake and catch a guy with a bad hit but this was deliberate.
Ridiculous.
Basically because he got right up.
On one hand this is how everything works. If you punch someone and they walk it off you get a different charge than if you killed them. The resulting injury matters even if the intent is the same.
On the other hand you still generally get *punished*. The NHL has this problem where the result is *all* that matters. If JT Miller leaves the game and is declared out then Manson gets 2 games. He didn’t so he gets nothing even if the hit was dirty as fuck. It’s just stupid there’s no gray area.
I would have been more okay with this if there was a major assessed in game, but the fact that there was no major *and* no suspension? Bullshit
Damn it Miller why didn’t you flop like the Avs???
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Well if the Canucks face the Avs in the playoffs it’s nice to know this sort of hit on a team’s top player is only worth 2 minutes.
If the players would sue the league then perhaps the NHL would be tougher on dangerous hits.
Weird haven’t we had 2 majors and suspensions from elbows this year? Or is an elbow to the back of the head into the boards somehow not an elbow to the head?
What an absolute joke of a league. This shit infuriates me. Sorry Canuck fans, it doesn’t matter how good our team is, we will never get anywhere until the reffing is fixed. They won’t let us. If this elbow was a major penalty, and the 5on3 BS wasn’t called, this is a completely different outcome of the game. Game Management at its best.
This kind of shit is what makes it hard to take the NHL seriously. Little to no consistency with penalties or suspensions which gives people a lot of ammunition to assume the NHL and refs have their favourites.
Also from what I’m hearing this season more people are starting to talk about how ridiculous it is that suspensions and their severity are so closely tied to whether or not there was an injury on the play. If more diving/flopping and embellishment comes to the NHL their various departments have no one to blame but themselves.
Wow what a joke
Absolutely rediculous, that was 1% away from really hurting JT and taking away his / our playoffs. He was also the 2nd man in, wasn’t even his check.
Mack should get a fine for the embellishing.
NO
Playing the Avs in the playoffs will be a bloodbath. It’s really a test for so many things like Hughes vs Makar, Miller and Mason, MacKinnon is on that team, we have Demko, they have Georgiev, it’s gonna be insane
if we do play avs in the playoffs, this could be a motivation to beat them.
Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to officiating
This is bs
What a joke. This is why Canadian teams will never win a cup with this league
The precedent has been set for what is regarded as a 2 minute penalty with no further recourse. Unfortunate we won’t see them again before playoffs. Hopefully we end up matching up with them at some point there.
This is complete horseshit. I hate this league.
It’s all dependent on the player who got hit. If miller layed on the the ice it’s a 5 and suspension
Wasn’t Manson’s hit, to the head? Malicious or not, it was still a hit to the head. That should have at least warranted a game or two for suspension. The way the league handles hits to the head is so loose, they might as well not have any rules for it if they’re going to be so loose about it. Be strict, fine players regardless, and players will back down with hits to the head. Make them pay, and they’ll reconsider.
Of course not, it’d be a cold day in hell before Canucks ever get a fair deal from the nhl
If a hit that gets penalized forces the player who was hit to go into concussion protocol… it should be an automatic 5 minute major. What the league is saying by pulling a player for concussion protocol without penalizing accordingly is that they don’t care about stopping the concussions, just making sure they catch them
Isn’t this hit carbon copy of Kelly from Ottawa like a week ago?
I find it very interesting that there wasn’t even a fine. It was clearly a dangerous hit and we are lucky Miller did not get hurt. But , doesn’t the league want to rule out these kind of plays?
So I understand no suspension, maybe even no major penalty, but it should be a fine. To at least warn Manson by saying “yes, you are lucky he wasn’t injured. that was dangerous. here is a fine as a warning so next time you think carefully about the hit you throw”. But nothing? It just encourages more of this, and next time the player receiving the hit won’t be as lucky.
Of COURSE not!… If it had been the other way around, Miller would have got at LEAST 3 maybe 5 games…but Bettman can’t have a player who takes the head off of a Canuck player , face a suspension, hell, I’m surprised that the zebras did’nt give Miller 5 and a game for hurting poor Josh Mansons elbow with his big nasty head…. the way the league treats the Vancouver Canucks (and most of the other Canadian teams) is just a huge JOKE !… and has been since Bettman took over… and I’ve been a Canuck’s fan since day 1 in 1970.
Lol… Why would there be? Headshots from behind into the glass are only 2 minute penalties, apparently.
The same as a 1 hand on the stick love tap on MacKinnon’s stick, which somehow caused him to flail around and waive his arm like he took a 2 arm double axe-handle slash.
Hopefully Cole doesn’t get a 5 game suspension for that extreme viciousness and intent to injure.
This fucking league, man….
This means that the boys can take liberties with hits. It’s fair game apparently when you can put a player in danger and get away with it
You know the league would suspend JT instead for embellishment if they could.
Completely legitimate sports league
This is also the same guy the judo tossed meyers when he was on the ducks. Also got a game for cross checking Boeser in the face. He’s had history with the canucks and making bullshit plays. I’m furious.
NHL is such a joke, disappointed but no shocker.
Happy birthday JT, enjoy the headache today
There would have been something if Miller was actually injured. What a joke
the fact that hitting a vulnerable player straight in the head into the boards did the same thing as the hook into mackinnons hands is crazy. miller even missed part of the power play because of it.
Lol not surprised. Its the nhl. How is this worse than the zadorov hit? That one was from the front and accidentally hit the wrong area. This one was from behind and targeted the head.
The reffing last night was atrocious. It’s sad that some refs feel the need to get involved/ take over the game with brutal soft calls or the opposite( non- calls) “ oh it’s 3-0 Canucks, better make a penalty call on the Canucks to make this game close”.
Hughes penalty- so soft
Cole= soft , puts them down 2 guys
Miller= deliberate head shot to a vulnerable player ( only 2 minutes)
I also saw MacKinnon talking to the refs between whistles a few times, probably complaining and then get his penalty calls on embellishments
I thought it was 5 and a game but didn’t expect a suspension. It was pretty clearly reckless but not intentional. I figured at worst a fine. Apparently I’m in the minority.
Is this a joke? It was a blatant head shot. It was clearly intentional. Just disgusting.
refs@nhl.com needs to be peppered
If any of the Canucks did that to MacKinnon it’s 5 and a game and a fine at a minimum. Largely cause they’re better at diving.
Can Canucks despute it?
Not even a fine eh?
Minor penalty
The only thing worse than NHL refs is the DoPS and George Parros.
Those cucks.
It was 100% premeditated too after they were going at each other on an earlier shift and the first opportunity Manson had he took liberties. Should have been 5 and a game.
Figures