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Glad you cleared that up for me. Since it's reserved for formal events, he should just go ahead and make that Bradley.

Getting old is a privilege. :D

Mikey? Brad maybe?

News for the embellishment theorists: @KatieStrangESPN #NYR Rangers' Richards back on the ice http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hockey/post/_/id/12010/richards-back-on-ice …

@TSNBobMcKenzie FLA's Stephen Weiss is shut down for the rest of the year, will require surgery for an ongoing wrist problem.

@BNHarrington Kaleta made a stupid play and got what he deserved. But all these big-name media types, esp. in Canada, seem clueless about him @BNHarrington If you say Kaleta runs, hides and doesn't fight, you're about 3 years behind. And I bet you every coach in the league would take Kaleta too.

Raffi Torres hit on Hossa drew a 25 game suspension. Why? Repeat offender status. It's not that complicated.

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@Buccigross Sales of protective socks up among hockey players http://triblive.com/sports/nhl/3550304-74/socks-protective-injury#axzz2MeTeqsks …

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Sabres have points in four straight games with a 3-0-1 record. Hurricanes have won three straight and lead the Southeast division with 25 points at 12-8-1. Hurricanes netminder Cam Ward out 6-8 weeks with an MCL injury. Pat Kaleta will miss his first game of five after being suspended for his hit from behind on Brad Richards. Will Thomas Vanek return after missing the last two games? Will Ryan Miller start yet again? Can RR fix the Sabres' dreadful Power Play? NHL.com Game Preview: http://www.nhl.com/i...avid=sb:preview Let's Go Buffalo!!!

Cooke was far worse than Kaleta. If he can turn his game around, then so can PK.

@BNHarrington @RealKyper just banged Kaleta hard on Leafs intermission. Said Shanny blew a chance to really nail him. Put him in Cooke/Torres category.

5 games was very predictable given the incident and the history. PK should have exercised better judgement. Well warranted. Hope PK learns his lesson and comes back a smarter player.

Hurry up and log off before it's too late for you. :unsure:

Spinal surgeon: Richards lucky not to be paralyzed

Sting behind the mask?

Different era and different history/kind of player is all that I can say. NHL still metes out justice in a very arbitrary fashion even in this era however.

Indeed. 5 and a gamer was the right call.

Based on that I predict he gets the 5 games. We'll know soon enough. The team will definitely miss him while he's out.

How does their respective suspension history compare with Kaleta's is a question to consider with regard to the number of games he'll get.

In your opinion it was I guess. You'd better get on the NHL rules committee or DOPS to demand changes then. We just see this differently...It's Okay. BTW, Chest to Chest, Shoulder to Shoulder/Chest away from the boards like that is just fine.Hit from behind...NFW.

There should have been zero contact is the point given the position on the ice and the vulnerability of Richards. That's why he's getting suspended.

Intent to injure is not the standard as to whether a suspension is warranted. Read NHL Rule 41: Rule 41 -- Boarding The boarding rule was amended in several ways in order to put the focus on the violent -- and possibly dangerous -- contact with the boards rather than the actual point of contact. This season, a boarding penalty will be assessed to a player who checks or pushes a defenseless player in a manner that causes the player to have a potentially violent and/or dangerous impact with the boards. The word "pushes" was added to the rule and "defenseless" replaced the word "vulnerable." The onus now is going to be on the player applying the check to ensure his opponent is not in a defenseless position. If he is, the player applying the hit must avoid or, at the very least, minimize the contact. "What we did is we took the onus off the violence of the hit itself and added the word 'push' in there," Shanahan said. "It really has more to do with the violence in the collision with the boards. We don't necessarily think it has to be a violent hit to cause a violent crash, so we broadened the rule by putting in the word 'push.'" http://video.nhl.com...nsole?id=123679

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