Controversial scene and surprise: a major 10-game suspension announced for Alex Pietrangelo?
Saturday night in Florida, an altercation marked the end of the game. As we are now learning, this could have significant repercussions for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Indeed, defenseman Alex Pietrangelo left the penalty bench before helping his teammates during the brawl, and the league may have to penalize him. And it would not be a small penalty, because as mentioned here, he could be suspended for 10 games.
As a certain Justin reminds us on Twitter, the NHL rule is clear on this subject:
Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman also mentioned after the game that the league would certainly have to analyze the whole thing.
« I think they're going to look into it. I don't want to say which way they're going to go, but I think they're going to take a look. But I think they're going to look into it because, technically, you're not supposed to leave the penalty bench and do that. I don't know if this is going to go anywhere, but I think they're going to examine it » - Elliotte Friedman
It will be interesting to see whether or not the league will enforce this rule, which is written in black and white in its book, let's remember. We know they have their own interpretation of the rules and especially their application...
You can watch the sequence here and judge for yourself!
Via HF
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Do you believe it deserves a 10-game suspension? | ||
| Yes, its the rules! | 705 | 60.5 % |
| No, Bettman is going to let it slide | 461 | 39.5 % |
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