Habs winger could be facing a major consequences for showing the damage to his face, publicly blasting Player Safety in social media video
Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Hoffman was not happy following the news that Boston Bruins winger A.J. Greer had been suspended one game for delivering an intentional and very deliberate cross check right on his chin, which did substantial damage to the Habs forward. In case you missed it, here's Greer's cross check on Hoffman.
Greer got a 5 minute major and a game misconduct on the play, and was offered a hearing, which many believed would yield a lengthy suspension. I mean, come on.. the guy used his stick as a weapon to inflict damage on someone intentionally. This wasn't even skirting the line between accidental. This was a purposeful cross check with the intent to hurt an opposing player. One game simply wasn't enough - a sentiment that Hoffman agreed with.
Hoffman took to social media after Greer's suspension was announced to not only show the damage done by Greer, leaving Hoffman's chin all busted up, stitched and swollen, but also to openly and very publicly criticize the NHL's Department of Player Safety.
We've seen what happens in the past when players, coaches or executives publicly criticize officiating or the Department of Player Safety in any way. The fact that Hoffman did it so openly, it was almost as if he was begging for the NHL to slap him with a substantial fine, which he'd be happy to take to get the message across that Player Safety is not doing a good enough job of protecting the players.
It's going to be interesting to see what happens with this one.
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MARS 25 | 657 ANSWERS Habs winger could be facing a major consequences for showing the damage to his face, publicly blasting Player Safety in social media video Was Hoffman right to criticize the Department of Player Safety so openly on social media? | ||
| Yes | 619 | 94.2 % |
| No | 38 | 5.8 % |
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