Mattm88

Not really, Veleno only acts tough overseas. He's a sheep over here.

Comparing what Niederreiter did with stomping someone with a sharp blade is totally moronic and very biased.

There are 5 games left in the Worlds so they threw him out from the tournament. Anything more would have been a permanent ban from international games as he would not have been selected again just to ride out a further suspension on the bench (they should have still given him the permanent ban). As a crap player who's been thrown out once I don't think he will be picked ever again so it's a bit academic I hope. Here's also hoping he doesn't get a contract and deals with his CTE / mental illness issues off the rink.

In my personal opinion (my view, obviously not the NHL's) Todd Bertuzzi should have never been allowed to play again. Same with McSorley. Same with Veleno. If you go into the rink and perform a deliberate act that would at least in the US give you a multiyear prison sentence for assault I don't see why you should be allowed a second chance. Veleno's stomp was also in my view worse than Simon's, it was completely unprovoked whereas Simon had been agitated by Ruutu (which is of course no excuse either). And Veleno has a pattern of doing this in international play, including a previous suspension for a head butt. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20/news/17029/veleno-suspended He fails in the NHL and then tries to be a big boy internationally when he doesn't have to risk getting punched in the mouth. I have zero respect for the loser and - personally - think the NHL and hockey would be better off without him.

I'm sorry if I insulted your hero

You are right, a deliberate attempt to slice an opponents calf and achilles in half with a sharp blade should get a $10 fine... Maybe it's just me but I've always had zero tolerance for the Joe Velenos and Todd Bertuzzis - I'd rather see them in prison than on the ice.

This crap has no place in hockey, he hasn't made it in the NHL so now he goes to the worlds to act tough. Joe needs to go not only from the worlds but the NHL as well, what a complete loser. https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/1659945672911593473