McDavid to hear from DOPS?

[audiopile]

A half shift financial penalty.

Best part is that this shows everyone is a homer deep down.

[rataylor22]

Based on the standard the NHL has set this was obviously not going to be a suspension, and shouldn't have been based on that standard.

Based on the standards that ~should~ be in place, this ~should~ have been at least 2 games.

[Rylant]

I don’t think it looked that bad. He was clearly frustrated and it was intentional which is the worst thing about it. The $5k fine is a joke, but it's a joke to anybody who receives an NHL salary.

For anybody who says there is 2 sets of rules in situations like this saying that Tom Wilson would be suspended, well,ya... no kidding. Wilson has a bit of a history with this kind of thing. That shouldn’t be taken into consideration?

Rylant

[newfcollins]

if we base it off his ice time for this season, breaks down like this:
- AVTOI 22:19 per game
- with his $12.5 mill cap hit this year, that's $152,439 per game (82 games)
- that's then $6,831 per minute
- So the $5k fine equates to 43.9 seconds worth of playing time!

if we reduce it to the 56 game schedule this year too, he makes $10,002 per minute - so the fine is worth about roughly 30 seconds of his time!

I wonder how long it would be if you included money he gets from commercials and what not into it.

[Invictus]

How long have they been dishing out these "fines" for minor penalties?
I don't really get these coffee change fines.

[tweetdrivr]

Based on the standard the NHL has set this was obviously not going to be a suspension, and shouldn't have been based on that standard.

Based on the standards that ~should~ be in place, this ~should~ have been at least 2 games.

This is all there is to it really.

And McDavid has a suspension history. He’s no Wilson, but this isn’t the first time he’s put another players health at risk. And it’s not like it was a hit gone bad like you could make the case for with Myers or Dube (both of which should have been suspended). It was pure head hunting.

I believe my position on the DOPS is clear. They are complete and utter bull shit.

[forumname]

I love how McDavid just skated to the penalty box and took his discipline for it.

If it was a different superstar...he would have been up in the ref's face with a bunch of whining and complaining.

Is this supposed to be a shot at Crosby? Go find a clip of Crosby doing anything remotely as greasy as this and we can talk about how he acted after getting a penalty.

[forumname]

if we base it off his ice time for this season, breaks down like this:
- AVTOI 22:19 per game
- with his $12.5 mill cap hit this year, that's $152,439 per game (82 games)
- that's then $6,831 per minute
- So the $5k fine equates to 43.9 seconds worth of playing time!

if we reduce it to the 56 game schedule this year too, he makes $10,002 per minute - so the fine is worth about roughly 30 seconds of his time!

Props to you for crunching the numbers, but it's not really a fair way to break down his earnings. He might only play 22 minutes a game but he works a hell of a lot more than that so it's not really a meaningful way to measure anything. You wouldn't break down any other profession that way.

[rtstr]

Props to you for crunching the numbers, but it's not really a fair way to break down his earnings. He might only play 22 minutes a game but he works a hell of a lot more than that so it's not really a meaningful way to measure anything. You wouldn't break down any other profession that way.

Great point. Being an elite professional athlete is practically a 24/7 job these days. Not many John Daly's left in pro sports (regrettably).

[Blues_fan1000]

Great point. Being an elite professional athlete is practically a 24/7 job these days. Not many John Daly's left in pro sports (regrettably).

does deshaun Watson know this?

[tweetdrivr]

But hey, Chandler Stephenson got three games for the same shit not two days later. The DOPS - I just don’t have the words anymore for how crap this group is.

[hockeymanG23]

Based on the standard the NHL has set this was obviously not going to be a suspension, and shouldn't have been based on that standard.

Based on the standards that ~should~ be in place, this ~should~ have been at least 2 games.

Agreed.

Someone like Tom Wilson with his history doesn’t even need to be brought into this conversation to claim that a fine makes no sense here, just swap McDavid and Kotkaniemi on this play and KK would be sitting for 2.

Maybe Chandler Stephenson saw this hit and assumed there was a new standard only to quickly be informed that he isn’t special.

[tweetdrivr]

Agreed.

Someone like Tom Wilson with his history doesn’t even need to be brought into this conversation to claim that a fine makes no sense here, just swap McDavid and Kotkaniemi on this play and KK would be sitting for 2.

Maybe Chandler Stephenson saw this hit and assumed there was a new standard only to quickly be informed that he isn’t special.

And that is exactly how the DOPS is actively making the game less safe.

[forumname]

And that is exactly how the DOPS is actively making the game less safe.

I agree that this decision is an absolute joke and it should have easily been a suspension, but I don't see how you can make a connection that the DOPS is somehow making the game less safe.