Major development in the Morgan Rielly suspension appeal
The Toronto Maple Leafs were not happy with the 5-game suspension ruling handed to Morgan Rielly and, as it turns out, the appeal that was sent to commissioner Gary Bettman seems to have a lot to do with Brendan Shanahan and the front office trying to figure out where the Department of Player Safety got the 5 games from.
On The Leafs Nation's "Leafs Morning Take" podcast, Anthony Stewart appeared as a guest and talked about what he has heard through the grapevine and it seems like the front office is mirroring the fanbase's frustrations:
Stewart then continued by talking about how the play itself wasn't the greatest, but it didn't deserve such a lengthy suspension. It was a retaliatory play, yes, but no one got injured, and most importantly, there have been far worse plays that have either gone unsuspended or were handed a far lesser punishment:
Rielly's appeal was going to be quite the show with Brad Treliving, Rielly's agent, J.P Barry, and the NHLPA lawyers being present because they really want to understand the reasoning behind the ban. Let's also remember that Shanahan has prior experience with suspensions from when he was the Senior Vice President of the NHL's Department of Player Safety before George Parros.
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17 FEVRIER | 1500 ANSWERS Major development in the Morgan Rielly suspension appeal Should the Leafs call for George Parros to be fired if Bettman reduces Rielly's suspension? | ||
| Yes, he's obviously incompetent | 1257 | 83.8 % |
| No, he still does a good job most of the time | 109 | 7.3 % |
| I'm fine either way | 134 | 8.9 % |
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