The Toronto Maple Leafs were pummeled by the Boston Bruins in the first game of their playoff series, and could lose a key player for at least another game. Nazem Kadri has a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety after his hit on Tommy Wingels in the third period. Kadri slammed into a kneeling Wingles and made significant contact with his head, driving it into the boards. Wingels would leave the game and Kadri would be given a five-minute boarding penalty along with a game misconduct.
While Kadri defended the check after the game by saying had Wingels not fallen moments before contact, it wouldn’t have even been penalized, there is some evidence to the contrary. Kadri appears to leave his feet before contact, and be targeting Wingels from several strides across the ice. Though obviously no one can truly know if he had time to avoid contact after seeing the Bruins player drop to one knee, the onus is on the checking player to avoid contact to the head.
As we saw with Drew Doughty yesterday, the league will not hesitate to suspend a player during the playoffs. One thing to consider though is that Doughty was not penalized during his incident, while Kadri was taken out of the game and his five-minute major essentially ended any comeback hopes the Maple Leafs had. The league does seem to consider initial punishment in their rulings, though obviously Kadri’s may still warrant further discipline.
I think he should get 5 games but my guess is he’ll get 3
I think he’ll get two. I can’t think of any other altercations with the NHLPA. He doesn’t seem to be a repeat offender. There was an injury on the play and he did specifically aim contact at the head. This is an illegal check to the head so that’s at least one game. The injury will make it two or three.
He’s been suspended multiple times in the past. That’s gotta play in.
3-4 games imo. One for the injury and two to three for the extremely dangerous and illegal hit.
He definitely deserves 2, minimum. What he did was a blatant attempt to injure a defenceless player. Kadri is about as classless as Marchand is. Those two are two peas in a pod.
Except one actually does good for his team
So kadri and his 30 goals are what?
I’m sorry Idk he was a scorer too I don’t pay to much attention to the maple leafs this yr
Regular season it’d be 5, playoffs at the most I think it will be 2
I’m think he gets 3. 5 regular season games, but trimmed down for playoffs. But was worse then Doughty who got a playoff game.
believe it’s 3. If this was just the hit as is it’s like 1-2 but the fact it came right after he served a penalty for a hit from behind/side on the same player, I can see 3.
it’s a loss for the leafs but gives them an opportunity to do some line juggling. believe you may see marleau or marner with Matthews next game and could see a line of komorov Hyman and brown as a potential shut down group as the fourth line just did nothing last game.
that being said looks like komorov will play with Matthews and nylander and human will be with marner and marleau
hyman