Tom Sestito faces likely suspension, further blurring camp roster battles
by Travis Hughes on Sep 26, 2011 8:00 PM EDT
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PHILADELPHIA -- We're gonna be best friends with Brendan Shanahan.
Tom Sestito is the next one who should expect a call down to the principal's office this week after drilling Andre Deveaux from behind the first period of tonight's preseason game against the New York Rangers.
Sestito will likely be suspended and he deserves it. It was a nasty hit, and obviously completely intentional. In terms of that intent, I'd say that it was more serious than Jody Shelley's hit the other night, and Shelley was suspended 10 games. Not that Sestito will be suspended 10 games... but, well, we'll see what happens.
Video after the jump.
Sestito's hit came just minutes after Zac Rinaldo pummeled Dale Weise in a fight. A really, really impressive fight. And perhaps that was part of the impetus for Sestito's hit. He sees Rinaldo go out there and take care of business, and on his next shift, in the midst of an intense battle for a roster spot, he needs to make some noise too.
Instead of helping him, it's clearly going to have a negative effect on his chances of making the club in camp, and with Shelley out of the lineup and Sestito the only true heavyweight left, that's probably the worst thing he could've done.
Now with those two on the back burner, we have a situation on our hands where suspensions could impact Zac Rinaldo's chances of making this hockey team ... in a positive way. The same Zac Rinaldo that had more of his own suspensions last year than he had goals. What a bizarre world we live in.
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Rinaldo kicked the crap out of that guy. Very impressive. Won’t miss Carbomb much. I agree Read looks good out there. Him and Harry Z have some serious wheels. Fun to watch.
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by flyerfreek on Sep 26, 2011 9:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Was Rinaldo pulling the jersey over the guys head with his left while continuing to throw punches with his right? It was pretty slick, I’ve gotta admit
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by DragonGirl0583 on Sep 26, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/105240
CBJ fan here so i was checking on the hit, and found this video, have a good Vaca Tom.
Time to restart the Flyers contribution to the players emergency fund tracker, methinks.
Mourning Gagne forever.
You know, we didn’t have any suspensions after I posted it last year, did we? I never had to update it
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by DragonGirl0583 on Sep 26, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Did TestWeed never get suspended even though everyone thought he would be? Or does it not matter since he was sent down?
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I remember seeing Panaccio say he wasn’t suspended.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 26, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Fun game to watch but thats about it
Meaningless game for the Rangers – who sent out most of their 3rd/4th line and a group of kids to play against most of the Flyers starting team:
Out for Rangers:
Brad Richards
Marian Gaborik
Ryan Callahan
Wojeck Wolski
Michael Sauer
Ruslan Fedatenko
Mike Rupp
Marc Staal
Derek Stepan
Steve Eminger
Wow.. that was a dumb hit by Sistito… it will be interesting to see how Shanahan rules this one. If I remember correctly, this is almost identical to Shelley’s hit last week.
It absolutely disgusts me that a roster spot on this team comes down to which goon of the three is the least goony(sp) in the pre season. Hell of a job Homer. Heaven forbid you find a guy who can actually play the game instead of using opposing players as bumpers off the boards.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
by EREX21 on Sep 26, 2011 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
But Rinaldo can play, din’tchasee??
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 26, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
It just proves your roster can never be dense deep enough. Let’s trade for Cooke or Trevor Gillies.
by flyersfaninchicago on Sep 27, 2011 6:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Really really stupid for S-s-s-sesitio to hit him like that. I’m expecting at least 5 games.
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Sestito shouldn’t have gone in for that hit, but watching the video it looks like Deveaux glances back towards the slot so he almost assuredly saw the hit coming, and didn’t do anything to protect himself. That might be a mitigating factor, but almost certainly Sestito will get a couple of games. I was hoping Sestito would start the season instead of BSC Rinaldo, but those chances are pretty slim now.
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by A Flyers Phamily on Sep 26, 2011 11:14 PM EDT reply actions
Okay, I missed the entire game because I was at a meeting, but two things I noticed…
1) Sestito had already built up significant speed when he appeared on screen between the circles, where the hell did he start the charge from?
2) Was this Couturier’s first NHL line brawl? At least they all got a taste of the old days of Flyers/Rangers; even if the game was technically meaningless
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by DragonGirl0583 on Sep 26, 2011 11:16 PM EDT reply actions
The best angle is at 1:22. You can see him start skating from the point.
by roadrunnerdrummer on Sep 27, 2011 5:23 AM EDT up reply actions
So Sean Avery, Wayne Simmonds and a gay banana walk into a bar….
I love the NHL. Other sports have serious drug controversies and players committing violent crimes against women while NHL stories often have an element of old-fashioned farce, like they’re still juvenile delinquents who haven’t graduated to serious mayhem.
by flyersfaninchicago on Sep 27, 2011 6:41 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Are you ignoring the NHL’s serious drug issue that just came up? Or pay-for-hire murder plots? How about physical assaults?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 27, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Sestito is a piece of crap
I cannot wait until he’s out of the organization. Rinaldo too.
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Dumb hit, suspendable.
But the only difference between it and the Bickel hit on Couturier just moments before is that Couturier protected himself.
I’m afraid that his is just going to lead to players putting themselves in dangerous positions to try to draw calls and suspensions.
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this has been going on for years now. it’s nothing new to try and draw a boarding call.
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True, but it is against the rule as currently written:
There is an enormous amount of judgment involved in the application of this rule by the Referees. The onus is on the player applying the check to ensure his opponent is not in a vulnerable position and if so, he must avoid the contact. However, there is also a responsibility on the player with the puck to avoid placing himself in a dangerous and vulnerable position. This balance must be considered by the Referees when applying this rule.
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Tommy is one of the nicest kids around. He would do anything for his fans. He got caught up in the heat of the moment and I feel bad for him. He realizes he screwed up and hopefully learns from his mistake. I hope he doesn’t get a rep as a “dirty” player from this. He’s a 23 y/o kid who made a mistake. He felt pressure of competing for a roster spot and obviously wasn’t thinking. It sucks a lot of people think he is a goon. Yeah, he fights a lot, but if you actually follow his career to this point, he has been hurt a lot, but when he plays he can actually score. He isn’t afraid to screen a goalie out and can put it in the net when he wants to. It’s a shame because he had a great chance to make the pro roster out of the preseason. You have to consider that he played on a Syracuse team for years with the “Nasty Boys” moniker with Dorsett, Konopka, and Mirasty which played in the “house of pain” the job there was to play your butt off and not let anyone push you around. He arguably has the best skills out of those guys and biggest upside. I am sure if people forgive him from his screw up and give him another chance he will get his head on straight and play the right way. He plays hard and knows better, but I really hope some of the fans can look past this cause he has a big future in philly and will play his heart out for you guys for a long time if you give him a chance
by shadowhunter416 on Sep 27, 2011 8:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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