During Friday Nights Capitals/Panthers game Caps Dman and Team Canada reject Mike Green laid what might be the most viscous and blatant elbow this year on the Panther’s Michael Frolik. Quickly today Green has been handed a 3-game suspension by the NHL and will forfeit $81,606.21 in pay. Here is the elbow:
Caps head coach Bruce Boudreau had the following to say on the sanction for Green:
“I don’t know how to react anymore,” Washington coach Bruce Boudreau answered. “I’m very upset about it. But what can you do?… I better say nothing. I’m just livid about the whole thing.”
Anyone who wants to take the no prior offender route on this one is an idiot. Its a blatant elbow. There is no gray area here. No question on if this were a “hockey play“ 3 Games is perfectly fine for this. It wasn’t a hockey play of any kind. Put a donut in your pie hole and shut it Bruce. This is a hit where Green leads with the elbow intentionally. There is no attempt to get it down and make contact with the shoulder. None.
Patrice Comier did something similar to this in juniors recently and he won’t see a game the rest of the year in the OHL.
Dangerous and intentional hit deserving of the consequences. You can see Green decide to bring the elbow up as he saw to opportunity to land it. I have zero sympathy for players who intentionally lead with the elbow. None.
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