NHL lays down the law

On Sunday morning, the NHL passed down its decision on how many games to suspend Islanders forward Chris Simon for his malicious attack on Rangers forward Ryan Hollweg. They smacked Simon with a minimum 25 game suspension, that could carry into next season. A harsh but just penalty. Simon's brutal thrashing of Ryan Hollweg during a game last week was openly viewed as filthy, and cheap. I actually cringed when I saw the replay.

I think the NHL is doing the right thing by suspending Simon for so long, this is a punishment that needs to be dealt with sternly and in fact it was. We all love the NHL for its grittiness and toughness but, there is a fine line between a legal hit and pure uncontrolled anger and viciousness.

The NHL needs to start rebuilding its credibility as a top 4 major sport which right now it is not. This suspension is a great place for the league to put its foot down and show they will not put up with this kind of behavior.

Going, going, gone
DeLa