For all the naysayers asking for Brendan Shahanan and the Dept. of Player Security to sack up and make a statement as the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs reach new amounts of brutality each night, right here you go: Carl Hagelin, New York Rangers rookie, suspended for three playoff games in a one-one series for an elbow to the head of Daniel Alfredsson:
From the NHL:

New York Rangers forward Carl Hagelin has been suspended for three video games for elbowing Ottawa Senators forward Daniel Alfredsson throughout Game 2 of the teams' Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series in New York on Saturday, April 14, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced nowadays. The incident occurred at 10:32 of the second period. Hagelin was assessed a main penalty for elbowing. Alfredsson suffered an damage as a result of the hit.

Exciting that Alfredsson's stick coming up on the play was emphasized as not currently being a issue in Hagelin's hit. It was element of the Rangers' defense in the hearing, as Hagelin explained following the game (through ESPN NY):

"I attempted to finish my check and he chipped it out and sort of went back a bit, so my elbow came up, so his stick sort of came up in my face and I kind of moved my head back a bit and my elbow type of hit him in the head," Hagelin said. "I just hope he is carrying out well and that he can perform (Monday night) http://www.rangersstoreofficial.com/21-Martin-StLouis-Jersey."

(Hagelin sent Alfredsson a text message apologizing for the hit http://www.rangersstoreofficial.com/17-Henrik-Lundqvist-Jersey, incidentally.)

But it truly is also exciting due to the fact it truly is the argument Andrew Shaw is producing following getting run into Mike Smith in last night's Chicago vs http://www.rangersstoreofficial.com/19-Marc-Staal-Jersey. Phoenix game, earning his very own hearing.

There is no question that the victim is significant in this crime.

Daniel Alfredsson, Senators captain and NHL All-Star Derick Brassard Jersey, whose status for Game 3 is 50/50 http://www.rangersstoreofficial.com/13-Carl-Hagelin-Jersey. It really is possibly the reason Hagelin received 1 more game than Byron Bitz did for his boarding key suspension on Kyle Clifford.

Does the punishment match the crime? It is a statement, for confident, on a series which is gotten progressively nastier as the Rangers got physical in Game one and the Senators went overboard in Game two to respond.

Utilizing the old metric, this quantities to a 6 game suspension in the normal season, and the going fee for Shanabans on head-shots has been five games. So, in that sense, it's consistent with what he is been selling the gamers this season. But we doubt the Rangers would agree.

UPDATE: The Rangers have released the following statement on the suspension:

The New York Rangers accept the NHL's three-game suspension of Carl Hagelin and will not pursue an appeal.  Nevertheless, we are totally perplexed in the ruling's inconsistency with other supplementary discipline selections that have been created throughout this season and for the duration of the playoffs.  We will have no more comment on this selection.

Good use of perplexed.

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