Why is Emory's stick attack less severe than Simon's?

Question

Emory sticked an opposing player in the face and didn't receive a 25 game suspension. SO is campbell really trying to clean up the game or just help the rangers out?

Answer 1

Goalie Ray Emery was suspended 3 games for clubbing Habs center Maxim Lapierre in the head with his stick Feb. 10. He was upset with the amount of traffic in his crease. I do think it's harsh," Emery said. " I talk to (NHL VP) Colin Campbell and I told him I realized it was a mistake and I didn't intend to hurt anyone."

this is what Emery said in a letter to the NHL VP and its also his first offense. i hate the Sens and I'm a huge Habs fan but things do happened in this game and it just seem bad after the Simon incident, but it wasn't the same at all.


GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 2

Emery was on his knees. Contact had just been made, Lapierre was still on his knees and seconds after the play. Emery had one hand on the stick and took a windmill swipe at him. Yeah, goalie equipment could be more dangerous weapon, but bumping into the goalie while he is in his crease and concentrating on the puck and NOT suppose to be hit can be dangerous too.

Simon got up on his feet, the guy had left the area, so it wasn't immediate, he had time to think about it. He choked his hands up on the hockey stick like no normal use of the stick in the game, and wound up and swung it at the guy's head like he was swinging a baseball bat or golf club. His victim was on his feet too, so a swing about 6 feet high in the face. Way more intent to injure.

Sure, there was some difference between a suspension a goon gets and what a goalie or super star gets. But you don't really miss a goon on suspension, he's easily replaced. I don't think it is a play that helps out the Ranges.

Answer 3

Emery's stick can cause more damage than Simon's could. He got off far too light. If it had been Chris Neil he'd have gotten 10 games easy. There has to be a consistancy. Swinging your stick at someone's head is behaviour that will not be tolerated. The league had a chance to do the right thing and blew it. Emery should be sitting for as long as McSorley or Simon did. The only real reason they could give for not doing it is that it would hurt his club more to lose him than the loss of Simon hurts the Isles. But then again, Bertuzzi was a big part of the Canuck's and they hit him hard too. Maybe if the replay had been on every TV station in the US he might have gotten more but it was as wrong and as deliberate as Simon's. And it deserved to be punished in the same vein.

Answer 4

There are lots of mitigating factors. I think had this been Simon's 1st offence then he might have gotten 15 games-the rest of the regular season. I do agree that Emery's swing was pretty brutal and could have taken out an eye. Both penalties seem pretty fair, although Emery's IMO could have been a little more severe.

Answer 5

The two are nothing alike. Simon baseball batted a guy. Campbell is a clown though, but this really doesn't help the Rangers out. An old hasbeen like Simon is not going to make or break the Isles.

Answer 6

I think what it comes down to is that Emery's hit seemed to be an instantaneous reaction to Lapierre bumping into him. He simply reached out and knocked him on the visor. Simon got up, had a second to think, turned and put all of his force into a baseball style swing at Hollweg's neck.

(By no means am I saying Emery's hit was okay, I am simply trying to find a distinction.) Emery's hit seemed reactionary, Simon's hit seemed retaliatory.