Ugh, he left his feet and everything… Come on Briere, you’re smarter than that… (Ps, Briere makes more in two games than I do in two years).

the briere hit wasnt that bad, but dumb… hartnells goalie interference and carters last minute cross check were just as dumb… im getting sick of the bad boy image because it lowers our players IQ – play to win by playing smart…

i can assume they were at their wits end with all the lucky crap and bounces the Aves were getting

dude that call on carter was just ridiculous. to ever end the game on such an obvious dive and on a play that happens basically ten times a game and never gets called is just plain stupid. and not on carter’s part.

but this suspension…really? briere was loaded for the hit long before the puck was in the net, and he never looked at the net- when he hit hannan he probably didn’t even know that play had stopped. and you see players getting hit after they score all the friggin time, but this guy tweaked his neck on the way down, and he was hit by someone with a flying p on their shirt so it’s automatically a suspension?

but beyond that, i’ve never seen a suspension for a hit immediately after a goal was scored before. i’ve seen suspensions for guys who chase the goal scorer down in the corner and hit them like ten seconds after they score- but for less than two seconds after the goal? and he hits him with a forearm in the chest? i can’t believe this is serious. a two minute call for leaving his feet i could see. a two game suspension is ludicrous.

This seems like something that should be punished in-game, not after the fact. It’s not like the refs can’t see it. Reminds me of a late hit on a QB.

Whatever. The Flyers are under a major microscope since the Richards-Booth situation and they have to be more careful going forward.

Pretty soon the NHL is just going to bubble wrap all the players, remove hitting and fighting all together and just turn it into the damn ice capades.

is it just me or when the announcer first tries to say hartnell’s name in the video, it ends up sounding like horndog or hornall

Two goals, two assist, and two games.

let’s face it… the nhl referees are not very bright, nonathletic hockey drop outs and are a direct reflection of bettman and the rules committee…

He left his feet for the hit. And when they actually apply their rules (which they do not in every case) they suspend for hits like this. He left his feet, he got 2 games. I have no problem with that.

I have a problem that they can’t and openly will not enforce their own rules fairly and evenly.