Would you be willing to put up $5 for Dan Carcillo?

by Travis Hughes on Jan 12, 2010 11:37 AM EST

Editors Note: We wanted to bump this up to the front page to get some more promotion today. It's been on the right sidebar since Saturday.

Dan Carcillo was fined $2,500 for the throat slash gesture he made toward the Leafs' bench at the 56 second mark of the video above. TRat made a comment in another discussion about the fine that "the way [Carcillo] is playing of late, I'll pay the fine." I replied that it would only take a 5 dollar donation from 500 people to raise the 2,500 dollars.

About 1,500 to 2,000 people view BSH on a typical day. If 500 of us would be willing to put up 5 bucks to pay off Carcillo's fine, which is in the minds of most of us just flat out ridiculous, we'll collect the money in a PayPal account and we'll donate the proceeds to Flyers Charities in Carcillo's name.

We haven't received a ton of votes in the poll, but given the reaction this has received around the web, it looks like there's plenty of interest out there. Either way, vote in the poll below if you've yet to do so.

Poll

Would you put up $5 bucks to pay off Dan Carcillo's fine?

Yes

329 votes

No

197 votes

526 votes | Poll has closed

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Hell, I’ll bring NEW people over to help chip in.

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by Mike B on D on Jan 9, 2010 5:05 PM EST reply actions

Haha, I’d love to.

by Ben Feldman on Jan 9, 2010 5:13 PM EST reply actions

I’d give him $5 no problem, probably more. I’m up for this, even if we can’t pay the whole fine.

by edbro on Jan 9, 2010 5:29 PM EST reply actions

As long as he keeps playing like this- I’ll pay.

by orangeandblack20 on Jan 9, 2010 5:45 PM EST up reply actions

+1… he’s been great

by edbro on Jan 9, 2010 5:47 PM EST up reply actions

I voted yes, but I’m going to qualify that with a request: I want a promise that our names will be immortalized on a plaque and hung in the Wach.

by Baron De La Warr on Jan 9, 2010 6:50 PM EST reply actions

Wow. I hadn’t seen the “throat slash gesture” until now. I honestly cannot believe that the NHL fined him for that. Why is that any worse then the things the players say to each other during games and on the bench? And, its not like he did it obviously and blatantly. Such crap.

by Mitchell Green on Jan 9, 2010 7:02 PM EST reply actions

I’ll pitch in but I don’t have a paypal account, and am Canadian, I might have to send you like $5.87 or something.

by blackandorange on Jan 9, 2010 7:06 PM EST reply actions

Hey you never know, some day’s we’re dead even. I was in Montreal last spring and only got 98 cents on the dollar because you guys were above us at that point… the conversion is only 1.03 today, so I’ll happily pony up the extra .15 for you if I need to :)

by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 9, 2010 8:50 PM EST up reply actions

I traded in some Canadian currency last weekend and I got less than a buck on the dollar. I forget exactly what it was though.

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 9, 2010 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

Fine??

They fined him for that?? Really?? What a bunch of P%$$#ES!!! Dan Carcillo is a great guy and great player. He didn’t do anything out of line. And is there AUDIO to go with that video? I think not. Those PUNKS at the League might want to take that into consideration. This is definitely NOT the game I grew up loving. The League needs to wash out the sand and get on about their business.

by RobIII on Jan 9, 2010 8:24 PM EST reply actions

This is the first I saw of this, and my first thought was to wonder how hard people are laughing at the league for this one.

by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 9, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions

hell no

you callin me a know-nothin? sir, i'll have you know i happen to know very little.

by hockey punk on Jan 9, 2010 10:34 PM EST reply actions

why not? if it’s about the money, i might be able to cover your $5.

by edbro on Jan 9, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions

I’ll put up $10, and Im sure other people would too if not more. Im also gonna put this on my facebook to see if anyone else wants to chip in if that ok with you Travis?

by JpH89 on Jan 9, 2010 11:19 PM EST reply actions

The more the merrier.

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 9, 2010 11:37 PM EST up reply actions

I already paid this off by paying Comcast $100 bucks a month just to watch the Flyers. Hell, I’ve been paying off these fines for years, if you look at it that way! haha

Deller

by diznella on Jan 10, 2010 10:17 AM EST reply actions

For what it’s worth I laugh every time Carcillo celebrates. He genuinely looks shocked at what he just did.

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by FrankD on Jan 10, 2010 1:04 PM EST reply actions

It’s worth five bucks. Pony up!

by MJDII on Jan 10, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

Carcillo doesn’t need my money but it would be both a sign of fan solidarity and Philadelphia unity if the 2500.00 was raised for a charity in the name of Carcillo by the Flyers faithful. This would benefit someone who could use the money and show how the fans actually responded to league issues.

by MJDII on Jan 10, 2010 2:46 PM EST reply actions

that’s a better idea. I vote for this.

Deller

by diznella on Jan 10, 2010 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

I agree.

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 10, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

Okay Travis the rest is up to you. :-)

by MJDII on Jan 10, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions

In all honesty, that’s how I expected it would end up anyway. We’d be a minor news story, and Carcillo would either decide on his own or be encouraged/forced by the PR people to put it into the wives’ charities fund.

by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 10, 2010 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

This season’s version of Dan Carcillo has won over this Flyers fan. I would gladly contribute.

by SanDiegoScraps on Jan 10, 2010 3:44 PM EST reply actions

very well said

by hbcivicsi93 on Jan 10, 2010 10:34 PM EST up reply actions

i’m 100% up for this idea and know a few others that would also so when the collection takes place, i’ll get their money.
the reason for the fine is because it made it onto tv and it’s supposed to be a family program

by hbcivicsi93 on Jan 10, 2010 10:36 PM EST reply actions

I’d be shocked if the NFL fined this guy for this.

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/1/10/1244194/throat-slash-kelley-washington—ravens-vs-patriots-2010-playoffs

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 10, 2010 11:05 PM EST reply actions

Don’t be. The NFL has been fining for the throat slash for a while now.

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by Mike B on D on Jan 11, 2010 1:55 PM EST reply actions

Really? Hm, do you have examples?

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 11, 2010 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

It's been around for awhile

Longer than I had initially thought, actually. The ruling was put in place towards the end of the 1999 season. So the NFL came out and officially stated that the throat slash gesture would be penalized and fined. Not sure (or, at least, I can’t find anything) if the NHL has been as explicit on the topic, or if this is just another reputation fine.

One player in the NFL (Mike Goodson) did get fined for it this season. Small, menial player, but I think it’s harder to find bigger names or more recent cases since this fine/rule has been around for such an extended period.

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by IcersGuy on Jan 11, 2010 11:24 PM EST up reply actions

It’s probably being penalized under Rule 41(g):
A misconduct penalty shall be imposed on any player who persists in any course of conduct (including threatening or abusive language or gestures or similar actions) designed to incite an opponent into incurring a penalty.

Carbomb didn’t get a misconduct, but that’s the closest penalizable thing I can find to what he did.

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by The Dark on Jan 12, 2010 7:17 AM EST up reply actions

I think the NFL and NBA have both fined guys in the past. I believe it started when the whole OJ Simpson deal was going on and the leagues were trying to distance themselves from that situation.

by wertdog on Jan 11, 2010 10:19 PM EST reply actions

Are we putting together something official?

by MJDII on Jan 12, 2010 11:59 AM EST reply actions

I voted yes. But if I had to send $5 it would cost me about $10 and then $50 in electronic transfer.

by ToddtheFox on Jan 12, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions

Even via PayPal?

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 12, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions

I’m not sure actually. I’ve never used it. If it goes ahead I will find out more.

by ToddtheFox on Jan 12, 2010 4:26 PM EST reply actions

I doubt it would cost you anything more than a conversion cost over paypal, I’ve bought shit overseas and used paypal to pay and never paid more than a penny that I needed to.

by edbro on Jan 12, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah I was just thinking of when I bought my leg pads and helmet from the States it cost me an arm to actually get my bank to transfer the money. But that was through GoalieMonkey so it probably all had to be legit.

by ToddtheFox on Jan 12, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions