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NHL: Rick Nash's hit was rotten, but not worthy of suspension
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08:43 AM ET 03.23 | NHL Department of Player Safety chief Brendan Shanahan called Rick Nash of the New York Rangers after Nash's controversial hit on Tomas Kopecky on Tuesday night. "It was a rotten hit," Shanahan said he told Nash. But not a suspension. "There are lots of hits that we don't like," he said. "We don't like this hit. It absolutely should have been a two [minute minor], and probably should have been a five," said Shanahan, in a phone interview on Friday. The no-suspension ruling from the NHL on the Nash hit was that it was an awkward, spinning collision between two players in which the significant majority of the contact from Nash landed not on Kopecky's head, but the back of his shoulders. "We don't see this as being principal point of contact to the head. For a fact, we don't see much contact to the head at all," said Shanahan.
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Aside from the fact that Nash plays for Shanahan's former team and the Rangers are in a prime market and Bettman wants them in the playoffs, there is no earthly or logical explanation for this ruling. Not even a fine? You've got to be kidding me!
If Lupul deserved 2 games for his hit, Nash should've gotten at least 4 games. That's how bad it was.
roamer
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Sounds like you took your cynical pills this morning. I'm cynical about a lot of things too and the problem with being cynical is that you're seldom surprised and usually right.
Burgh-Fan
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Yup.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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I feel a bit sorry for Shanny. He's 44 years old and doesn't know what head is.
Canuck eh?
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When it comes to Sheriff Shanahan and his "Department of Player Safety" posse, can you be anything but cynical?
roamer
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He's more familiar with team bikes and team pucks.
Everybody rides and everybody scores...
Golden Bay
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Goodness! It looks worse every time I see it! The only problem I see is that Kopecky was so dazed he didn't know he was supposed to stay down and play dead. All he knew is that he had a game to win.
roamer
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I don't remember hearing about any issues with Nash when he played for the Blue Jackets, but I'm hardly surprised that he turned into a cheap shot artist and a punk since being traded the classless ranger organization.
And Shanahan just continues to prove how inept he is at reviewing these hits and administering disciplinary actions.
Rex Racer
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The guy launches himself and backstabs him and NOTHING happens...i guess that kinda hit just got green-lit for the rest of the league.......expect guys like Cooke and Kaleta to be performing these hits in the near future.
bostongm
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Rick Nash jumped so high that maybe Shanahan thought he was watching Figure Skating and Nash was attempting a Triple Toe loop and Kopecky just got in his way.
roamer
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No, it's dirty when they do it. THEY get suspended.
WiscHockey
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Ahh sorry, you're right..its only ok for star players to do those things.
bostongm
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Nash could get away with this stuff way down in Columbus, but now he's in New York, as Randy Johnson found out, used to be shows up pretty quick.
shiprock
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I'm beginning to think Shanny is just not bright enough to be that calculated
drysdale
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Blind side with the elbow... Damn.
Otis B. Driftwood
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I missed something. When did Nash become a star player again?
roamer
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When Brad stopped?
Otis B. Driftwood
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I thought that title went to Gaborik.
roamer
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agree.
LittleE~BigMT fan
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LMAO
LittleE~BigMT fan
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