NHL 2024-25
I was watching the Jets/Caps game of course, but in the intermissions there were replays of some of the highlights, and a lowlights or two. I just read that Ryan Hartman has been 'offered' an in person hearing after his very foolish attack on Tim Stutzle. Not a good look for the team or Hartman.
Damn! I didn't watch the game, and thus I didn't know of this until now.
Watching the replay(s) makes me ill, and as far as I'm concerned: Fire his *** (Hartman).
I have no "beef" with the occasional fight during a game, as it has it's purpose, but I've often felt that the NHL would be better respected, by the general public, if they instituted a rule stating that any player who injures another player, and causes that player to miss games, deserves to "sit out" the same amount of games as the injured player. Break a guys nose and make him miss two games? Same to you, buddy! Give the other guy a concussion and he's out for the season? Enjoy playing golf, asshole! (And should your team win the Cup, your name
doesn't go on it!)
And if he
knowingly causes serious injury (which may be the case here), not only should the offender be benched, but he also should be penalized in some way financially. Make him pay the others guys hospital bills? Maybe, I don't know....
I love the game, and as I said, I have no issue with the random fights that get the crowd going. I know they serve a purpose, as does probably every other person who reads this thread, as we all know they're not intended to cause serious harm
But the NHL has to realize they have an image problem, and this kind of **** (Hartman, et al) has to stop.