Today one of the most anticipated games of the entire National Hockey League season is taking place in Boston and not for any reason that is right, unless of course you are a blood thirsty Bruins fan, of which, to be fair, I would likely be one if I had also seen my team sinned against – not only by a Hockey player from an opposing line-up, but also by the NHL itself.

The pinstripes that run the game have had a nightmare month with cheap shop, late hit, blindside hit one after another leaving players injured, fans enraged and a disciplinary committee so confused that they are currently working out their arse from their elbow before proceeding. One bad hit warrants two games, another blindside shot is deemed clean and then, last night, a brutal assault warrants 8 games. It is almost as if they see an incident, get together, close the shades on the office windows, get drunk and then reach into a hat and pull out a number to decide the amount of games to suspend the player for. And in no instance does the number appear to sit well with anyone. How long must it go on before someone leaves the ice on a stretcher and ends up lying on a mortuary slab?

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Flyers tough nut Daniel Carcillo was suspended for one game yesterday for an incident in game one against Pittsburgh when late in the game he cracked Maxime Talbot in the jaw with a right hook. The league looked upon it as a sucker punch late in the game and have decided he can sit for a game. It comes as no suprise to many that it was the Flyers who picked up the first suspension of the playoffs!

While some Flyers fans are furious with the league over this call, I stand in a different court. If you are going to do something stupid then you are giving the league the opportunity to suspend you.

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