[NHL Player Safety] “Colorado’s Cale Makar will have a hearing today for Interference against Seattle’s Jared McCann.”
Colorado’s Cale Makar will have a hearing today for Interference against Seattle’s Jared McCann.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 25, 2023
by Hobo_Healy
22 Comments
I’m thinking he gets a game.
Maximum fine allowed
Really hoping the NHL’s incompetence saves our ass this time. Makar deserves at least a game for that hit and we aren’t winning with out him
Max fine allowed. There has been worse go completely unpunished this season and Cale has no history.
So questions for the referees out there. Was it the lateness of the hit that is considered not clean or the hit itself? I feel like the hit happens in games and in scrums and Cale doesn’t target the head but McCann was not prepared to take the hit leaving him in a vulnerable position. I’m not defending Cale here but am interested to hear exactly what they decide is the infraction.
Also, why is this called interference instead of roughing? The puck wasn’t even in play anymore. Is it because Cale technically impeded his path to skate?
Max fine allowed, at least be consistent with how you rule on these plays
Guys if they announce a “hearing”, that’s means they’ve already decided it’s a suspension. The hearing gives the player a chance to defend themselves or communicate any nuances/circumstances that might have led to justification before they decide how long.
Fines are just announced. This is a suspension, you’ve got to prepare yourself for at least a game without the best D-man in the world. No max fine here.
This would be a nothing burger without the injury, but then again they didn’t give a fuck about Makar’s concussion earlier this year.
Even the refs told Hakstol they thought the puck was in play. It’s unfortunate that Mcann got injured but it was a perfectly clean hit. A suspension would be over the top.
If Mcann skated away nobody would have given this a second thought
Never seen that shade of red on him 
What he did was arguably just as bad as what Bunting did. 2-3 games at least. Fucking bush league hit
my biggest concern is that Cale, much like when he declined that penalty, will suspend himself because he’s such a stand up guy
Sweet, so they let the kraken mug our guys all fuckin game and swallow their whistles, then suspend Makar anyways? Lmaooo
For a call that was reduced to a minor on the ice? Hmmm seems fishy
SPIN THE WHEEL
Ridiculous. Refs weren’t even gonna call a penalty until the Kraken player stayed down and the crowd got bent out of shape. There have been worse, intentionally bad, hits that haven’t even gotten called for minor penalties. .
One of our best players our captain injured the whole season, Val sent home due to an alcohol incident at the team Hotel, now our best defender suspended. What a season.
I want less of this and more Costco memes.
Honestly, it deserves a game and we should be expecting one, regardless of what other players have gotten away with. You just can’t do that.
The inconsistency in reffing, as a new hockey fan, is ridiculous. Those refs get a lot of money to do what they do, and whether it’s corruption, an inability to remember the rules, favoritism, what have you. It’s embarrassing that they call penalties on one team, and that same team commits the same penalties, but they do not get called.
We had two high stick penalties on our guys last night that weren’t called. We should have had at least 4 power plays.
If Tkachuck didn’t get suspended for his hit to Hathaway, then Makar shouldn’t even BE in a hearing for this. Fine him and stop showing blatant preference for the Kraken.
Kind of nuts that this is getting a hearing and the Dumba hit had no hearing. The league is maddeningly inconsistent.
They let the Kraken fucking dog us and they suspend Cale. Good thinking NHL.