Just got word that there will apparently be no suspension for Ruutu's hit on Kaleta last night.
Ruutu will apparently receive a small fine but nothing else. I think the NHL made the right call on this one.
The hit was definitely vicious but there was nothing suspension worthy about it.
It's a contact sport folks...
Also, the Sens Twitter feed is saying Foligno will need scope surgery on his right knee and will be out the next two weeks.
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why even a fine. give me a break.
hey SC. want to explain what is scope surgery.
i think you follow ian mendes' twitter/blog. but the sen's own twitter feed updates faster than his maybe. and they are saying that foligno will need scope surgery on his right knee. out two weeks.
why are all these sens getting knee injurys??????? weriidddd
crap - when it rains it pours eh?
Any word on whether they'll continue to use Campolie on the fourth forward line, or if they'll call up another Bingo player?
Sounds like there aren't a lot of options from Bingo in the way of fourth line grinder-types. Except for Bass I guess.
NHL should do away with this stupid headshot campaign. It is ridiculous. It is a contact sport.....violence is part of it just like it is in Football.
Guys that blatantly try to injure another player with a hit from behind, to the head (ie elbow) or stick foul should always be fined/suspended but all of this crap with shoulder shots to heads on stiff bodychecks has to go away.
It will NEVER be taken out of the game and is a total distraction. Bettman and the NHL BOGs should just tell the public that it is part of the game and put it to rest for good.
TSN and company should shut their traps on this and realize where their bread is buttered.
I dont think the hit was vicious at all. It was a shoulder to shoulder that rolled up to hit Kaletta's head.
It was not even hard or fast.
It was not intentional to the head
Anyone know if/when Aaron Ward is being put back on re-entry waivers? Not saying I want him, just wanted to see if anyone else wanted him. Thanks.
@ geoff:
why would you want to callup a guy from bingo? campoli played good yesterday. calling up a guy from bingo only creates cap problems at this moment since spezza and foligno are still counting against the cap. and plus, as i said, campoli played fine on the fourth, and regin had 5 shots in the game and looked good with fisher and kovalev. infact regin got the assist on the last goal.
no need for a callup.
SIX days until Snoopy returns.
An early Christmas present for Ottawa fans ?
No need to call up someone from Bingo. Foligno is out two weeks and Neil will be back within a week. Let's go with the lines from last night.. and hope they continue to win.
I agree that there doesn't seem to be much urgency in calling someone else up from Bingo. I think that fourth line actually looked quite good!
That sweet slap pass from Campoli in the first would have been a goal if not for Miller standing on his head.
Yeah I also am not seeing a need for a roster change. Of course if they lost last night maybe we'd be singing a different tune, but a call-up is only going to replace a 10-15 minute player and Campoli is fine to fill that for now. He actually did pretty well considering he was basically thrown in there.
As for Ruutu, the 5 minute call was enough. It wasn't suspension worthy, of course the TSN panel is going to play it up either to have something to talk about or to cater to their Leaf minions, but it was not a suspension worthy hit. The fact they showed it against the Koci hit on Green as if they were somehow comparable was laughable. It was a borderline hit, hence the call in the game, but not a suspension. Also, even though the league pretends it doesn't discriminate when it comes to suspensions it definitely does, and the fact Ruutu hit Kaleta matters. If Ruutu hit Vanek or Roy he'd probably be gone for 2.
Yes violence is part of the game, jsut like in football. The only difference is that in football you can't even touch a QB in the head.
Look the hit was bad, he meant to hurt the guy and YES we need to do something about stopping head shots. Not surprised about no suspension though.
But to all those that say oh its part of the game, give your head a shake, there is way more information on head trauma then in the past and head shots are not something to take lightly.
I guess it doesnt really matter what anyone says though because those of you idiots that think TSN should stop talking about head shots and that nothing needs to be done will never change your mind and will continue to be the narrow minded idiots you are!!
Win or lose always a Sens Fan!!
anon 11:25
Scope surgery is more like a minor procedure. It's exploratory surgery typically done to assess damage or used to remove damaged cartildge in the knee. The DR makes about a 1cm incision....etc..etc.
With Foligno listed as "out indefinitely" I would assume that this is an exploratory scope. Hopefully there isn't much damage discovered.
as for Ruutu, I'm surprised he didn't get a suspension (not that I thought he deserved one). He did get a piece of Kaleta's shoulder (a very small piece) before making contact with the head.
Let's be honest, it is the kind of hit that the NHL is trying to eliminate from the game....BUT as the rules stand, this was a legal hit. Frankly I don't even know how the Ref's called it as a boarding penalty...maybe a roughing but not a boarding call. The hit Cheechoo took the previous game was a boarding penalty that wasn't called.
Surprised...I didn't think that the league office would dare to cross Pierre Mcguire on this one.
I would have called it interference before boarding. Ruutu had no interest in playing the puck on the hit, he just wanted to take Kaleta into the boards. He hit Kaleta from the side, not the back, and it certainly didn't look like he was aiming high- he just ended up that way.
-- PS
Chirp any idea why Spezza isn't on LTIR? With him out for minimum 6 weeks it only makes sense. He has to be out for 10 games for it to count and I'm sure he will be so why hesitation?
Maybe Nicky should take a page out of Alfie's book. Same procedure last fall and he missed 1 game.
Suck it up and get out there.
Chirp, I just read that Yablonski was suspended. Any info?
Ruutu what a great signing I love that guy - he works hard!
Anon 12:51,
When alfie had the procedure, there was a week between games so he had time to rest...FOligno won't have that luxury.
So Foligno is out two weeks with an injured knee. When I first heard it was a knee injury, I felt he could been out at least 3 weeks. Get well soon Foligno.
good points about the call-ups vs keeping Campoli on the fourth line - was just curious, that's all. Just seems strange to give an extra defensman who has never played forward playing time rather than giving a young player a chance in the NHL. Cap reasons do make sense though.
Are you serious SensChirp? "It's a contact sport"?
Is that what you'd say about David Booth, Mike Green, Patrice Bergeron? Sorry, but there's no difference between any of those and what happened to Kaleta.
I'm a diehard Sens fan, but that Ruutu hit was disgusting. Kaleta's back was to the play the whole way. Ruutu saw him the whole way and took several, several strides. Ruutu could have just bumped him, but he went harder and even slightly went for the head. And then he has the balls to say the hit was clean.
You know what a contact sport is? Clean, punishing checks that are below the head and not from behind. Brian Campbell on RJ Umberger: vicious, but clean.
It's always tough to watch people defend dirty play by saying hockey's a contact sport. By that definition, the NFL should allow facemasks and clotheslines.
To Anon at 1:53 PM,
I've looked at the hit a few different times now and can definitely see both sides of the argument.
The NHL may want to limit hits like this one but the reality is it was within the rules.
If you watch Ruutu does get a piece of the shoulder before making contact with the head.
I felt it was vicious in that Ruutu knew the guy didn't see him coming but he didn't go full speed into him either.
He changed the body angle to make sure he didnt get him from behind and just tried to finish the check.
I dunno, I think the fact that the NHL didn't suspend him, especially given his prior record shows that this wasn't that bad of a hit.
everyone is happy today because of last nights win, thats all fine but is it going to be like that after next game if we lose or are we going to trade Spezza ship BM outof town.
Count me in as another who saw a missed shoulder check. It was clean. Shoulder down, stayed on his feet, contact was made with the shoulder first, rolled off and hit his head. Unfortunate, but not an intentional headshot and not intent to injure. It seemed to me that the refs were calling Ruutu's reputation for most of the night instead of the plays. His hightstick was deserved, it could see interference or charging on the hit, but that's it.
Also, Campoli impressed. Sad the forth line didn't get more icetime.
Anon @1251
Apparently Yablonski is serving a 10 game suspension for physically abusing an official.
There is some more information on the forums at www.sensunderground.com
"Anonymous 1:53pm...
Are you serious SensChirp? "It's a contact sport"?"
Yeah and apparently you never played one!!
If you dont expect to be hit, you deserve it, be rdy and always have your head on a swivel!!!
Soon this sport will be a no hitting league, cuz of maggots like you who make a big fuss about it.
Its fucking hockey man, not figure skating!
SM
SM, maybe you enjoy the stretchers and the concussions, but I don't. He made a good point. I like a good hit like anyone else, but Ruutu's hit was far from a "good" hit. It wasn't a hockey play, it was an intent to injure play. He wasn't saying that the players shouldn't expect to be hit, you're putting words in his mouth. Ruutu, I feel, took several strides and that's a penalty called charging. Illegal, in other words.
If that hit was on Alfredsson, would you see it as clean?
Perhaps you don't care much for the health of the players, but these cheap head shots have got to go. If caring for the health of the players and ensuring they have long careers makes someone a maggot, crown me King maggot.
Let ruutu be ruutu !!! I love it
No douchebag, all you've ever said was Ruutu took several, several stride's. Take another look, because he stopped skating from around the blueline, then made a shoulder on shoulder hit FROM THE SIDE that slid up on Kaleta, where he proceeded to embellish by whipping his head back.
You fail to mention that Kaleta plays the same if not dirtier game, so you might want to bring that up you self-righteous prick!
SM you are full of malice. All you do is come hear and attack people. Get a life and only comment if you have something intelligent to say. You are so juvenile.
Did you see that dick on OTR basically saying that the hit on kaleta by Ruutu was worse than the hit on Green.
Apparently Green shouldn't have put himself in a vulnerable position, why doesn't that apply to Kaleta? Other than the possibility that kaleta isn't a good enough skater to get out of the way.
For the record I thought the Ruutu hit was borderline at best and he probably deserved a couple of games.
All im saying is hockey is a violent sport,
And that is what people pay money to go see, VIOLENCE!
What the fuck do I care if a hockey player has a 15 year career or a 3 year career!
I pay to see hockey NOW not in 10 years!
Anyways its all for naught, he didnt get suspended, like most of us preducted.
SM
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