Bryan Rust suspended three games for illegal check to the head

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1. Parros needs to go. That might be the softest suspension I've ever seen.

2. Absolute clowns at the department of safety.

   If that is worth a suspension, serial offender Marchand needed 20 games for his very deliberate elbow on Matheson.

   NHL not even trying to hide the corruption.

3. Absolute studs at the department of safety.

   This is clearly a dirty hit. Intentional or not, it is still an illegal head shot. Thank you for getting it right for the safety of the players and for the bone head players not being cautious of the health and safety of other players.

   If anything, to be honest, Rust should have gotten 5 games. But I am satisfied with 3.

4. Just ban hitting if we are suspending people for this

5. Trouba, a repeat headshot offender, has never received a suspension as long as the one Rust just received. What are we even doing at this point? George Parros sucks at his job.

6. People saying thos didnt deserve suspension i hope you joking. You clearly see rust charging toward boeser lifting his elbow right in the face. We can CLEARLY see he target the head and even if not this is as dirty as it can get. YeS BuT ThEn MaRChaNd deserve 20 games…not because another player didnt have a suspension that no one else should. Should marchand been susoended for 5-10 games for then hit on matheson yes. But Rust is lucky to just get 3 games

7. Well deserved suspension… he was clearly trying to clip him instead of go for a full on check. Dirty play.

8. 3 games is excessive

9. You could argue rust was going in for a shot at chest and shoulder but Boesser moved, then rust was sort of flailing to make contact. I have no problem with this, the problem is with inconsistency as many others have pointed out. Particularly how it relates to guys on a certain team in Florida.

10. If these suspension decisions were made equally to all players who make such hits, Tom Wilson would have been suspended approximately 10,000 games ten years ago.

11. One maybe I see it was dangerous he should have avoided it at least just keep the elbow down for it being the first time he has ever had a hearing I feel like 3 games is to much

12. Meh. I don't think it was intentional. At that angle, hitting the chin clean like that is almost flukey. Does not matter though. it was a blow directly to the head that caused injury, and it was 100% avoidable by Rust.

13. Boesser moves his body back right before contact causing the main point of contact to be his head…. 🙄get out of here NHL. What a joke.

14. Dept for Player Safety will suspend Marchand for that hit to the head…

15. as a Canucks fan, that shouldnt be a 3 game suspension, if they just gave him a 1 game suspension we probably wouldnt be talking about this

16. 685 games no prior infractions and the player moves as rust is hitting and he gets 3 games. Wild call. 😅

17. It’s definitely an elbow but he’s not a dirty player. 3 games is too much. 1 at the most

18. You can barely see if he raised the elbow. If Rusty played for the Panthers, suspension would be on Boeser.

19. Rust wasn’t even looking at the time of contact he was aiming for the shoulder and the player moved, this is a stupid enforcement

20. And Sandlak gave him a two minute penalty, suspend the ref also

21. We just want consistency! 3 games for this kind of illegal hit is fine, but if you're going to suspend someone for this, you have to suspend guys like Marchand for a solid 10 games for the elbow on Matheson.

22. Sorry Boeser got hurt but that was not targeted hit. He turned as Rust was about to check him. 1 game for a player with no prior history. Meanwhile repeat offenders get less.

23. Rust has no history of being a thug. He missed on the body. 1 game

24. Matt Cooke would be very proud of this

25. Why does this video keep cutting away from the actual hit, if they're trying to prove that it deserves 3 games? Or at least show an angle from the right of the hit itself.
    I hope Boeser is recovers quickly. The whiplash of the hit followed by Rakell's push is what concerns me the most.

26. There should be a video on William Nylander's fine!

    Key points:

    -Illegal gesture to the head
    
    -Gesture was avoidable
    
    -No one got injured from the gesture
    
    -Nylander has never been suspended/fined before the incident

    The department of player safety has fined William Nylander for $5k.

27. Terrible ruling! You have numerous habitual offenders in the league, who are known head hunters, who don't get this type of treatment. Given Rust's squeaky clean history, this is an unacceptable punishment.

28. Russ should be out for twice the time of injured player 😢

29. Who’s the voice of announcing suspensions?

30. I get one, but 3 seems extreme given no prior history. Feels unfair given the low game suspensions repeat offenders get.

31. Rust has been playing for 10 years with zero disciplinary history and you slap him with 3 games for this? Wild

32. Sam Bennett got away with worse on the Leafs' goalie in round two of the playoffs.

33. 3 games?
    Okay, whatever.
    Bad angle, reckless, yes.
    But 3 games. Come on.

34. I 100% could see a 1 game suspension from what seems to be accidental head contact/wanton chicken winging, but 3 feels like wayyy too much, especially since other teams seem to get away with far more blatant Chicken Winging against us, a certain Jacob Trouba playoff game comes to mind

35. I gotta laugh that the clown in charge of department of player safety was a useless goon in the league and for someone as educated as him he clearly shows he cannot make the right decisions. Hence being a good when you know fighting and hits are high risk of brain damage yet he played the role anyways. NHL is becoming a 💩 league with that clown representing them. 1 game at best brother. No diff than a guy knowing there’s a hit coming and he turns his back on the player so contact is illegal.

36. Dirty play. Uncalled for. Now suspend all other players equally.

37. Sorry, got this wrong but not surprised. Boeser turns at the last second. So, instead of hitting his shoulder he catches his head. I am against intentional head shots, but this isn't 1. I do believe Rusty should get a game, but 3 is absurd given his history or lack there of. Anyone that is surprised with their analysis… shame on you for 6 weeks! Let's go Pens.

38. Marchand would have got a $150 fine or write an I’m sowwy letter

39. Protecting his goalie. 3 games?

40. 3 games? y'all gotta stop smokin that shi….

41. 3 GAMES?! I'm not saying he shouldn't have been suspended. But you just gave a man with zero history of problems a 3 game suspension on a play where it was clearly not intentional. Boeser stepped back the moment Rust was trying to put it in hist chest. The NHL Wheel of Discipline has been spun, Rust lost.

42. Just think how many suspensions Mark Messier would have racked up for pulling the same thing in his day.

43. Good call. Intentional and to the head. No problem with 3

44. Meanwhile, Boeser, whose feet were stationary, will likely be out far longer than 3 games, but it's unfair for Rust? It's about time we get stronger on head shots from "Player Safety".

45. WOW…that was nasty, with that extra hit from behind

46. Definitely a hit to the head, but my God the Department of Player Safety is inconsistent. You'll see repeat offenders get a slap on the wrist. But a guy thats been in the league for 10 years and never had any suspensions gets 3 games.