Holy crap a logical habs fan..Habber wroteCOLONGuess its time for the resident Habs fan to wad in...
I rememeber Chara from his days as an Ottawa Senator growing up. The guy isnt a dirty player by any means and the hit itself was far from dirty compared to alot of the hits out there. Yes the hit was late, but beyond that the check itself was a fair hit. He was looking up ice at the puck, didnt leave his feet (not that he would need to), didnt take a direct hit at Pacs head. From that perspective theres no suspension to be awarded.
My issue is the fact that it was a boneheaded play. No one can tell me that a player of Chara's calibre and 900+ games under his belt didnt know where he was on the ice. Thats bullshit. And every NHLer knows that the Bell Centre has that retarded stansion (Habs need the get rid of that). For that reason he deserves a suspension...for stupidity. If Wisniewski gets 2 games for a lewd gesture (a boneheaded move) then by that standard Chara should be given a suspension for his own boneheaded move.
The calls for 20 games is ridiculous, but by the same token you cant give him nothing. NHL definitely got it wrong. As for the prosecuting crap is bull but it happens in every city when something significant like this happens. Bertuzzi, McSorely, now Pacs, its not just Montreal. Still retarded though.
Flame away.
Strike that one off the list.. Still looking for Bigfoot, lockness monster...
