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Quadraton · 05-08-2004, 06:22 AM

Yeah, I know lifetime bans are always unpopular, and I'm seldomly for them myself, but in this case, the AHL should impose a lifetime ban, and other leagues should follow suit.

This is not a Bertuzzi incident. That was a horrible decision that ended up in a terrible accident.

This, on the other hand, was a guy taking a stick square to someone's face because the other guy hit him first. There was no accident here.

On the street, this would be enough to get you up to 10-14 years in prison for aggravated assault with a weapon, and he could very well face that with the police investigation going on. So, my question is, if it's that serious out on the street, why do we let something like this go on the ice? What does someone have to do to make a league pull out the lifetime ban? Will they only do it when he swings the stick a second time? A third time perhaps? When he kills the guy? Is the fact that the guy was missing some teeth and had a third grade concussion not enough reason?

What gets me was how shocked and surprised people were when he was only handed a two season suspension (the rest of this season, plus the next). He got off easy.

I'm sure he's 'a great kid' and he 'just made a mistake', and I'm sure he'll 'never do it again', but I'm sure you can say that to just about everyone who decides they want to swing a metal stick into someone's face.

05-08-2004, 06:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Quadraton Addict Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada	Yeah, I know lifetime bans are always unpopular, and I'm seldomly for them myself, but in this case, the AHL should impose a lifetime ban, and other leagues should follow suit. This is not a Bertuzzi incident. That was a horrible decision that ended up in a terrible accident. This, on the other hand, was a guy taking a stick square to someone's face because the other guy hit him first. There was no accident here. On the street, this would be enough to get you up to 10-14 years in prison for aggravated assault with a weapon, and he could very well face that with the police investigation going on. So, my question is, if it's that serious out on the street, why do we let something like this go on the ice? What does someone have to do to make a league pull out the lifetime ban? Will they only do it when he swings the stick a second time? A third time perhaps? When he kills the guy? Is the fact that the guy was missing some teeth and had a third grade concussion not enough reason? What gets me was how shocked and surprised people were when he was only handed a two season suspension (the rest of this season, plus the next). He got off easy. I'm sure he's 'a great kid' and he 'just made a mistake', and I'm sure he'll 'never do it again', but I'm sure you can say that to just about everyone who decides they want to swing a metal stick into someone's face. __________________ "A witty saying proves nothing" - Voltaire Last edited by Quadraton; 05-08-2004 at 08:30 AM..