[NHL Player Safety] Toronto’s Michael Bunting has been suspended for 3 games…
Toronto’s Michael Bunting has been suspended for 3 playoff games for an Illegal Check to the Head and Interference against Tampa Bay’s Erik Cernak. https://t.co/cEqbrMfeIt
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 19, 2023
by Competitive_Ad2450
46 Comments
Color me shocked.
/s
one extra game for being Bunting. Three is a lot, I thought 1-2 would’ve been fair
cue the “suspended for the rest of the playoffs” jokes
still funny though lol
Did they realize his name is not Kadri
Toronto’s Michael Bunting has been suspended for 3 playoff games for an Illegal Check to the Head and Interference against Tampa Bay’s Erik Cernak.
Game plus 2 for wearing blue.
Pissed that the guy looks like an idiot on the biggest stage when a lot of us(myself included) were on team bunting Vs Refs
I was guessing 2 and felt that was even a little much because they tend to treat playoff games with more weight. I’m really surprised he got 3.
Incredible that people still think this league is biased towards the Leafs.
That’s a 1-game for any other team
Three games is wild but whatever, nothing we didn’t expect
MATTHEW KNIES COME ON DOWN
Addition by subtraction
No one else would get 3 for this unless they played for toronto.
Joke league.
He deserved 1 game, Leaf multiplier means he gets 3.
i wish the DoPS always gave the right punishment but it seems they only really do that with the leafs.
I’ll say the same thing I said the last time this happened. I think this is a fair suspension and look forward to seeing this be the precedent moving forward.
That’s a bit much.
Absolutely hilarious
How many did sergachev get last year for the hit on marner? But ya I forgot the leafs are apparently favoured by the league lol
SPIN THE WHEEL
Should’ve been 1 but Parros likes to make examples out of leaf players let’s see him suspend other players for 3 games.
Suspended for wearing a certain jersey. The 5 minute major was enough for what happened. This league is sickening.
Bunting has never been suspended before btw.
Just the typical Parros-Leafs bullshit.
https://youtu.be/CGe47kydhPA, how did Hartman get one game for that and bunting got 3
Well it is what it is.. Let’s see if the same precedent is upheld down the line in other series for other teams.
^^Doubt
Positivity take: this will put an end to the ref/Bunting sideshow distraction
That is just stupid. Bunting has never been suspended before, and he got a 5 minute major, and yet they set it to 3. Yeah fuck you too, department of player safety.
You know when r/hockey overwhelming agrees its excessive. Was not the right call
[For comparison, here is Cernak’s elbow on Okpaso earlier this season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60HZjzq5_Q):
Cernak sees Okpaso the whole way, and catches him with the elbow, with speed. Cernak had already been suspended once.
[Bunting was skating away from Cernak, who was coming from behind.](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1648496226533535744)
Cernak’s elbow got 2 regular season games, and no penalty. Bunting got the 5 minute major, game misconduct, and 3 playoff games on top of that.
[This is the precedent for a three playoff game suspension](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DesV4FgSbsY). ZAR literally had his jaw broken and a concussion. Wilson was suspended for 3 games, but he wasn’t even called for a penalty on the ice, let alone a game misconduct.
As usual, Leafs are the only ones who get called by the book 🤷♂️
parros really hasn’t gotten over the time colton orr ended his career.
I have never felt so indifferent to a Leafs player getting a suspension. Guy has been hard to watch the last half of this year. If he gets a chance to come back into the lineup after this suspension hopefully this chills him out a bit.
Given the 2:1 playoff suspension ‘rule’ and no history of previous suspensions, this is insane and just more proof that Perros is biased and the league is supportive of it
After this and all of the Wes shenanigans yesterday, I’m considering not watching anymore.
Absolute joke of a league. Why do we bother giving them money
5th longest suspension in the playoffs. Tied with Kadri. I don’t even know what to say.
I AM FUCKING CRACKING UP.
Seriously, everyone was like, “Nah, he got a match last night; at worst, he gets a game.”
Fuck you. This league hates this team.
I hope they see it. I hope every single one of those guys in the locker room looks around and sees exactly what sort of mountain they need to climb to win all of it.
The media hates you. Every other fanbase despises you. You’re all overpaid and overrated, according to them. Even the league has it in for you.
Win it all THIS YEAR, or ask to be traded because they will never give you a break.
Lol okay let’s see if there’s any other 3 game suspensions during these playoffs, fat chance
Stupid play but the dops is a certified joke
Suspension? Absolutely. 3 games? Fuck right off. That’s overkill and they know it. No prior history (I’m aware of anyways). This is excessive. By the traditional math in the regular season that’s 9 games. No way he would get 9 in the regular season,
I mean they show this in slow motion repeatedly. Bunting is never even looking in the general direction of Cernak. He knows he’s close and turning for the puck, and tries to jump in front of him for position. This play legit happens like… 30 times a game. I guarantee if you look for it you’ll find it within the first few minutes done “properly” next game.
That being said, he caught the head. Probably deserved a game. 3 is very excessive for a player with no history and it being the playoffs, and it clearly not being a malicious play. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Yes this is over the top. 1 game would have been consistent with precedent. 2 would have sent a message.
REGARDLESS…Bunting is a fucking idiot. You CANNOT do that, especially when you know the refs are gunning for you.
Even if we survive the next three games, bench his ass for the rest of the playoffs. I will take Knies’ inexperience over his inability to control his temper 7 days a week and twice on Sunday.
*Fun fact:* Leafs’ players account for about 35% of postseason suspensions since 2017/2018 (in terms of total games)
The NHL is getting to the point of unwatchable
I was trying to see if anyone has been suspended 6 games recently as that’s what it would be in regular season. Go back to last season scroll down until I see a 6. Scroll left to see the name. It’s Jason Spezza hahaha fuck this league.
One game for being a leaf one game for being bunting and one game for the actually offence. Parros is a 🤡
Hartman killed Ehlers last week and Ehlers hasn’t played since. He got one regular season game.
Incoming identical Tampa play with no suspension.
Shits free money
Objectively this is the length of suspension that this kind of hit should earn.
Also objectively, this is insanely inconsistent with precedent. What a shit league.