Colin Campbell's Spinning Wheel of Justice... Fails. Again.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=418808
On the suspension of Philadelphia's Dan Carcillo: "With six seconds left, you have a player who never kills penalties, a player who never takes faceoffs, coming out on a five-on-three (manpower disadvantage) and doing what he did – a repeat offender. So there are a number of criteria there that satisfy doing what we had to do ... I don't want to filter everything out of the game. But we want to take the dumb stuff out of the game."
On the events at the end of Boston-Montreal Game 1: "People take things out of different incidents last night (and say: ) 'Oh boy! Same thing (as Philadelphia-Pittsburgh)! How many games are you going to suspend him?' You've got to let the games unfold. You've got to let hockey be hockey, playoffs be playoffs. You've got to let the energy flow. And then, when they cross that line, you do what you have to do."
On hit by Calgary's Mike Cammalleri on Chicago's Martin Havlat: "When Cammalleri hit Havlat, there was a lot of risk to doing that. He took a two-minute penalty in a game where there could have been ramifications for doing that. But there are no ramifications when you're losing 4-1 with six seconds left."
On the events at the end of Boston-Montreal Game 1: "People take things out of different incidents last night (and say: ) 'Oh boy! Same thing (as Philadelphia-Pittsburgh)! How many games are you going to suspend him?' You've got to let the games unfold. You've got to let hockey be hockey, playoffs be playoffs. You've got to let the energy flow. And then, when they cross that line, you do what you have to do."
On hit by Calgary's Mike Cammalleri on Chicago's Martin Havlat: "When Cammalleri hit Havlat, there was a lot of risk to doing that. He took a two-minute penalty in a game where there could have been ramifications for doing that. But there are no ramifications when you're losing 4-1 with six seconds left."
What a ****ing moron. I mean, Cammalleri took an open cheap shot at a defenseless player. At least Carcillo tried to disguise what he did with the natural motion of winning a draw.
Also, how do you develop a history if you're not suspended because you don't have a history?
Oh, and for ****s and giggles, apparently a 2 minute penalty in the playoffs is equal to a one game suspension.
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