The crazy and scary incident that saw Dylan Larkin knocked unconscious is still having repercussions, as David Perron's retaliatory crosscheck has landed him a massive 6 game suspension by the NHL's Department of Player Safety.
Perron, who has played his whole career without a suspension, was given a massive one for the retaliatory move. The announcement came with a ton of criticism, including from Detroit's head coach.
While many are criticising the NHL Player Safety's ruling on the play, Player Agent Allan Walsh has taken it a step further, calling the inconsistency a 'Kangaroo Court' and saying that it has nothing to do with player safety at all.
He went on to describe how everyone around the league was calling out the suspension as being inconsistent and just a bad move on the part of Player Safety.
It's clear that the NHL has to get their department in order, as they are being widely criticised and not taken seriously, which could have damning effects for the long term of the game.
POLL | ||
DÉCEMBRE 12 | 77 ANSWERS Player Agent Humiliates the League and Gary Bettman After David Perron's Major Suspension Do you think 6 games is too many? | ||
Yes | 46 | 59.7 % |
No | 31 | 40.3 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Patrick Maroon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Lukas Reichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Marco Rossi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Tomas Tatar | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Matthew Boldy | - | 2 | 2 | |
Brandon Hagel | - | 2 | 2 | |
Travis Konecny | - | 2 | 2 | |
Anze Kopitar | - | 2 | 2 | |
Cale Makar | - | 2 | 2 | |
Matthew Tkachuk | - | 2 | 2 | |
Devon Toews | - | 2 | 2 | |
Aleksander Barkov | 1 | - | 1 | |
Nick Bjugstad | 1 | - | 1 | |
Justin Brazeau | 1 | - | 1 | |
Quinton Byfield | 1 | - | 1 | |
Noah Cates | 1 | - | 1 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |