b.shanafan14 733 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 What strange logic. Apparently Shanny felt the need to give Weber a mulligan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingsRox 614 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Just a point of reference, Ottawa's Konopka got fined $2500 = Weber's fine. From NHL.com: Konopka was fined for his verbal abuse directed at a New York Rangers player conducting a live television interview nearby during pre-game warm-ups. So verbally abusing another player = $2500 = smashing another player's head into the glass. Almost EVERY commentator point to the lack of discipline on Weber as THE act that opened the floodgate to the rampant goonery that we've seen so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolverine1817 55 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Really? Well s***... nm 55fan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PredsFanTheBayouState 263 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Just a point of reference, Ottawa's Konopka got fined $2500 = Weber's fine. From NHL.com: Konopka was fined for his verbal abuse directed at a New York Rangers player conducting a live television interview nearby during pre-game warm-ups. So verbally abusing another player = $2500 = smashing another player's head into the glass. Almost EVERY commentator point to the lack of discipline on Weber as THE act that opened the floodgate to the rampant goonery that we've seen so far. i just thought of something,Weber's 2500 is the same amount the every player on the red wings is taxed for playing a game in nashville the tennessee's jock tax,The tax charges players $2,500 for each game played in tennessee,with a maxium charge of $7,500 Edited April 16, 2012 by PredsFanTheBayouState Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolverine1817 55 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Is there any way we could combine the jock tax with the facesmashing tax and get a discount? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bully76 34 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Apparently Shanny felt the need to give Weber a mulligan I love the golf reference this time of year. Especially when referring to a guy who'll be golfing soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vladifan 680 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Well, let's see, Boyle is okay so Carkner shouldn't be suspended and now I believe Alfredsson is going to play too so Hegland shouldn't be suspended should he? Ok so I hear Carkner is a repeat offender?? But Hegland isn't. They need to clean house in the NHL. They need to rent a very large, frickin' bulldozer. NHL dropped the ball and now is back tracking, plain and simple. What the Wings needs to focus on is winning, plain and simple. We are down in the series and focusing on the what ifs in the past will not produce results. There's a great article above by Bob Wojnowski on this very same subject. I totally agree they need to move on, starting with Franzen. 1 King Crane reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingsRox 614 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Suspending based on degree of injury is insane and stupid. Yahoo Article - Puck Daddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,207 Report post Posted April 17, 2012 Shanahan leveled a fine equivalent to $32, if Weber were making $100,000 per year. Gregg Krupa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sleepwalker 512 Report post Posted April 17, 2012 Shanahan leveled a fine equivalent to $32, if Weber were making $100,000 per year. LOL And since most of us likely only make a third of that, that'd be like us getting fined $10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilzyme 769 Report post Posted April 17, 2012 What's beautiful is that Mike Smith returned and played the rest of his game after getting "ran" by Andrew Shaw. Personally, I think Smith sold his head back and made the hit look a thousand times worst, anyways... no injury on the play but 3 game suspension? CONSISTENCY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,207 Report post Posted April 17, 2012 CONSISTENCY. Consistently inconsistent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted April 20, 2012 Shanahan has been criticized for not suspending Nashville's Shea Weber after he smashed the head of Detroit forward Henrik Zetterberg into the glass at the end of Game 1 of their series. Weber was fined $2,500, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.Bettman deemed the punishment appropriate, saying the situation was “blown completely out of context.” He suggested that the distinction between the maximum fine and a one-game suspension — which he said was the most he'd heard anyone call for — wasn't meaningful in deterring future offences. “It was a clear statement that what he did was wrong,” Bettman said. “I have pretty high confidence in Brendan Shanahan — having been on the ice recently and the type of player he was — he knows exactly what took place there and how big a deal it was. ... Whether or not it was the maximum fine or a one-game suspension hardly has anything to do with any of the other things we're talking about.” He added Shanahan “is doing a very, very good job.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SidAbelsSon 50 Report post Posted April 20, 2012 Bettman deemed the punishment appropriate, saying the situation was “blown completely out of context.” Sorry Gary, the situation wasn't the only thing Blown... 2 55fan and Detroit \# 1 Fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted April 21, 2012 Shanahan screwed up. It's going to happen. Get over it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites