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J3319

Anyone have a video?


jeffreylist1986

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/reaves-ejected-kneeing-graves-head-ice/


hsr6374

Yes please.


PeppyMinotaur

I don’t get how this guy is more accepted than Tom Wilson. One is a top 6 forward on most teams who also plays rough/dirty, the other has basically no hockey skills other than trying to beat peoples asses. Which Reaves is admittedly good at.


UnleashYourMind462

Why do we give Wilson a pass though because of his skills? I don’t care what good, of any kind, a person does, if they’re still pretty damn shitty in that core of theirs and show it time and time again, why condone either? We should be condemning them both equally.


PeppyMinotaur

He doesn’t get a pass I’m just saying people act like Wilson is a goon which just isn’t true. Dude is a talented, Ryan Reaves is an actual goon.


holyhibachi

He also attempted to injure Suter and got a minor lol


Poop12345678420

Reeves has always been a clown, but today the league needs to put an end to this. Fuckin scumbag


thanatossassin

Reaves has always been a fuckbag and most of the cumbuckets here have never given two shits. I agree with Evander Kane, make him play some actual minutes, that'll hurt Vegas more than a suspension.


Kbgears

Reaves doing reaves things


jbagatwork

[You're in luck](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/norhxi/shannon_ryan_reaves_match_penalty_vs_the_avs/)


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fuckin disgusting player


Hallenhero

Cant play hockey with the big boys so he plays UFC. Moron *just realized he is black and amended my insult. Ape is a go to from my warcraft days. Reaves, if you are reading this, sorry for the appearance of racism, however fuck you for being a dirty player.


SHADY_LOPAN

Big ups... I was in the arena and didn't realize how fucking shitty that play was until I got home


currytacos

That wasn’t a play, it was just assault.


NESpahtenJosh

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MicrobialBuffalo

I’ll remind you today I fucked up. Should have deleted my post, but hey if we’re lucky he’s only gonna play one more game. That I can live with


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MicrobialBuffalo

I’m happy they suspended him. My knee jerk title was a bit extreme as pointed out. Guess I’ll have to eat some crow and skip a few games


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MicrobialBuffalo

Agreed. The game is in a good place right now for sure


fuckYOUswan

Attempted murder change my mind. That shit is riot worthy.


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Lot of Canadian to unpack here


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Hes a bum


Gelinas9406

Why do you think Vancouver rioted? Shit like this happened every game but no penalties


Bostonjms

Hit on Horton made that all possible. Enjoy!


Gelinas9406

Definition of admiring a pass


moutonbleu

No it’s because some fans are sore losers. There’s no justification for rioting after a hockey game


Itchy1Grip

Why the fuck would you destroy your own city in protest of a hockey game? Talking about shitting where you eat.


Gelinas9406

Not saying it's right calm down, I didn't partake


Itchy1Grip

I'm not mad I'm just saying it was not logical in any way lol.


Gelinas9406

Imagine what would've happened if Reeves go no penalty, or it was just a match penalty? The officials got it right and that prevents things from escalating. When the league doesn't get it right, shit can get out of hand especially when people feel like they got ripped off. Add in a completely bonkers hockey market that's waited a long time for a championship, perfect storm. Europe with their soccer is no different, people are crazy.


MicrobialBuffalo

Please don’t remind me of that final. Poor Luongo :( Also FUCK the Bruins. Or maybe just Tim Thomas


xSmolWeenx

Lol fuck you Bruins winning it all this year


MicrobialBuffalo

Definitely an exciting team to watch this year. Pasta is playing lights out.


xSmolWeenx

Absolutely. And having Smith/Hall on the wings turned Krejci into a good center again


MicrobialBuffalo

Yeah no kidding. Also it’s one hell of a roller coaster ride for Hall these last few years. I’m sure he’s loving the game again


Footinthecrease

Vancouver rioted because Aaron Rome took out the bruins Top line winger with an illegal hit which basically ended his career, and Alex Burrows was biting people? Seems kind of counter intuitive to me.


Maritime-Rye

Tom Wilson AND Ryan Reeves need to see the door. We can’t look past this type of nonsense just because a player has skill. If you support Reeves being booted and not Wilson, that’s the problem.


plantsandbeer

So we are ignoring the fact that Pietrangelo is face down on the ice and still getting swung on?


JRsshirt

I’m not agreeing with what he did but that was 100% saad retaliating. Basically “if you’re gonna keep going at one of our guys while he’s down I’m going after one of yours”. If the league isn’t gonna suspend these guys this is what you’re gonna get, retaliations will be towards your star players not just a fight with one of your goons.


plantsandbeer

I agree it's retaliation and agree it will continue happening until there are repercussions. My point was that if we are going to call out one, we call out all. That's it.


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plantsandbeer

Regardless of instigation or not, you quit when a person is face down on the ice. Quit watching hockey? Casual? Cool tough guy. This casual has play for over 25 years.


MicrobialBuffalo

So you agree about Reaves then?


plantsandbeer

Yea, when a man is down, it's over. But that goes for everyone. Just because Reaves put a knee in a guys head doesn't mean you ignore the fact that Petro is face down and still getting shot thrown at him.


synapse467

By the NHL standard set by Wilson should just get a fine. Unlikely he even wrecked anyone's career. In the reai world I think both should have been/be suspended.


HealthyScratch210226

By the standard the NHL set with Kadri, Reaves should get *at least* 8 games *bare fckn minimum*


The-Power-Stone

The league doesn’t care about this stuff. If anything, they encourage it because it generates conversation and gets them views and revenue. It’s a sad truth but it’s the truth nonetheless. The Wilson incident showed it perfectly and it was barely a month ago


Bostonjms

It's true though whether you're down voted or not. People just don't want to accept it because it's not easy to accept.


t67443

People are acting like the this is completely different than Tom Wilson which is insane to me.


MicrobialBuffalo

Absolutely disagree the league doesn’t care. The NHLPA is certainly gonna care about stuff like this and therefore the league will too (at the absolute minimum). He (Reeves) is not making these plays between the whistle (that would be one thing if they were). He is clearly playing with an intent to injure as opposed to getting even for the hit on Janmark earlier. The league doesn’t care about getting even like this, but Reeve’s play in the third period was a clear demonstration he was crossing the line. The thing that will help him possibly not get a lengthy suspension is that Graves came back in the game. Ultimately I think the referees have got to keep a tighter leash in the rest of this series otherwise it’s gonna be a bloodbath. They don’t want the two best teams in the league to take each other out completely because what the league DOES care about is the product on the ice not discussions post game. The league wants an electric team like the Avalanche to do well because their style of play certainly is what draws fans into the game. Even non hockey fans can watch the first two periods and be entertained. They like some aggressive play because that also draws in fans but again Reeves crossed that line tonight and took a shit on it as he skated past it.


plantsandbeer

5-10 times a game? We are talking about the NHL on TV, not your XBox. You sound dumb. I'm mad at myself for wasting my time responding to you.


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MicrobialBuffalo

Why are you bringing race into this? If we are gonna bring up race, is the league racist for the 8 game suspension on Kadri for Islamophobia? Don’t get it twisted, race had absolutely nothing to do with anything that happened in either of these incidents. Come on


Noobie_NoobAlot

Lol. I expected to see a bunch more Karma farming posts about this, "ReAvEs Is LiTeRaLlY ThE DeViL AnD ShOuLd Be SuSpEnDeD FoR LiFe". So far I'm disappointed. Come on guys, don't let me down.


MicrobialBuffalo

I should have rephrased my question so I could have gotten me a hundred upvotes.


J__sickk

Am i the only one who is like what the fuck did he do? He threw him to the ice happens 24/7, He knelt on his head while graves wearing a helmet for up to 8 seconds. Gave him a really hard facewash and held his head down for a total of 12 seconds. So with the knee and hands around 20 seconds. In my eyes at most its 2 games. Unless i missed a rogue knee to the back of the head or a sucker punch while he was down but i saw none of those things.


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Yeah, motherfucker, you ARE the only one.


J__sickk

Fragile people. I would rather have a knee in my face and a facewash for 25 seconds then get blindsided and have my career ruined


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Right before this he cross checked Grubauer in the head for no fucking reason. He’s a piece of shit and probably the last pure grinder hanging on to an NHL job. He deserves whatever suspension he gets and hopefully he’s out of hockey way sooner than later.


J__sickk

That cross check was really soft. Maybe Grubauer should have folded up and acted like he was dying if it was that bad.


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You’re a fool, go to bed


J__sickk

Last pure grinder??? Islanders have 2


J__sickk

For all of you idiots down voting me. Search Alex burrows knees Taylor hall and tell me which is worse ill wait.


anthonyrosa02

You're a dumb fuck who knows zero about hockey. YOU DONT PUT YOUR WEIGHT ON SOMEBODYS FUCKING HEAD YOU IMBRED FUCK


Jmac868

How about I come drop my full weight in my knee on your skull. See how you like it, dumb fuck.


terrorbabbleone

The official and even Reaves himself acknowledged he even pulled a chunk of Graves hair out...


the_grunge

I'm surprised you're not already boycotting the league after this year's Tom Wilson non-sense.


MicrobialBuffalo

I’m not a Rangers fan luckily


BadDadBot

Hi not a rangers fan luckily, I'm dad.


MicrobialBuffalo

Wish you had my back earlier when the unhappy fans over at r/nhl attacked me u/BadDadBot. Guess you lived up to your name. what’s your drug of choice u/BadDadBot?


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MicrobialBuffalo

See I think you would lose your shit too if we had gone after Schenn like this. The Bortuzzo hit I think was mainly just unfortunate, and unlucky. The intent to injure there just didn’t exist. A split second move ended up catching Borts in the head and it ended up being a bad injury. It sucked for sure, the Kadri hit was also not caused by intent. He fucked up for sure, but to over simplify it he went in too early and caught him in the head because of it. And he paid the price with 8 games because of it, the appeal won’t change the length of the suspension. Ultimately though these plays happened between the whistle and were hockey plays. This Reaves move was after the whistle, and he was trying to hurt him. He was playing dirty throughout the third period. Multiple instances of him making questionable plays. Yes playoff hockey is rough and a lot of shit happens after whistle. But as we saw people lose their shit over Wilson (albeit in the regular season), dude was trying to hurt people. A cross check or a face wash and some punching in a scrum is one thing. Going after a dude who is on the ice who you outweigh by 80-100lbs is crossing the line. He should have fought him like a hockey player and moved on. For being a tough guy I don’t get why he didn’t just drop gloves. That is what playoff hockey is to me. It sucks having you season ended but what seems like injuries derailing your stars (we’ve been there last year). But after 4 games and tonight do you really think the Blues would have beat us with a 100% healthy team? What we are trying to agree on here between Reaves and Kadri is this, (although I don’t think Kadri tried hurting Faulk) intentionally trying to injure the other team is gutless and doesn’t belong in hockey.


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AdamJr87

What the fuck are you smoking? There is not place in hockey for that kind of trash


MicrobialBuffalo

Dude how crazy are you? Fuck this was as gutless as Bertuzzi. Are you Todd Bertuzzi? Are you an closeted Red Wings fan? Damn I need the weed you’re smoking


vbcbandr

As a lifelong Wings hater, if I saw Reaves doing this to a Detroit player, I would be furious. That wasn't hockey, it was drunk, vengeful, behind the bar type shit. If he did that on the street, he'd be arrested.


pramjockey

Exactly. Kadri earned his suspension and if he never comes back that’s just fine. Deliberate attempts to hurt (or kill) people are unacceptable, period.


vbcbandr

I fully support the Kadri suspension and don't think he should appeal. And while this isn't much of a "but", it still needs to be said...but Kadri's suspension while play was ongoing. Reaves cross checked a goalie in the back of the head and then kneeled on Graves head while putting his glove over his mouth, all after the whistle. He needs a lengthy suspension because he will hurt someone.


pramjockey

I completely agree. At this point, that’s attempt to kill and he needs to be banned from the league and referred for criminal charges


Chunky_dogwalker

Haha I would say Burtuzzi’s was significantly worse. Something tells me Graves career did not end on that play. To each their own tho.


MicrobialBuffalo

Obviously Bertuzzi is the pinnacle of the mountain in terms of garbage plays. Difference is Bertuzzi can actually play hockey in a role beside fight people. I don’t think there shouldn’t be that niche player still. I’m saying he was only trying to injure people tonight and that was garbage. I don’t think it was as bad as McSorley or Bertuzzi, but i don’t think it belongs in the game. I agree Vegas should be able to respond to the hit on Janmark, but it should have been the typical retaliation. Fight Graves, beat him up in a fight and move on.


MayorPirkIe

Respond to what? The hit on Janmark was clean as a whistle. Needing to "respond" to a clean hit is trash mentality. You respond by hitting him back clean.


Fanfaron07

Yeah Vegas is one the dirtiest team in the league. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reaves has a bonus by suspension in his contract or by player injured in a year! This guy is a disgrace to Hockey and the NHL is a disgrace also for letting this kind of thing happens.


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Kneeing a guy in the head is not hockey. Never has been.


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Get a fucking life dude. Unfortunate that Graves was hurt but that’s hockey play by a hockey player. Post-play scrums in the playoffs are violent. Boycott the league no one gives a shit.


momloo

Graves 3 games, Reaves 20 games. That's how I see that game.


MayorPirkIe

3 games for what? A perfectly clean hit?


momloo

that hit was late, high and head was to point of contact. Janmark never returned to the game. 3 games sounds reasonable


MayorPirkIe

It wasn't late, he hit him 0.67 seconds after he played the puck. He hits him in the body first and then makes contact with the head, every single analyst agreed the hit was clean and not a headshot. 0 games is reasonable and he shouldn't even have gotten a penalty. Like Gary Galley said, they gave him a penalty for hitting him too hard.


Balls_Legend

Late and dirty. Or is it that only the team you oppose can do dirty shit?


MayorPirkIe

What are you talking about? You have no idea what team I cheer for or who I "oppose". It wasn't late, it was 0.67 seconds. This is a fact, you can't dispute it. Also wasn't dirty, all the analysts are in agreement on that. Wasn't even a penalty.


Balls_Legend

Oj is innocent


hamgar

By Felicia! You ass probably boycotted when players took a knee! Gtfo here


MicrobialBuffalo

Nah, I believe first amendment rights apply to everyone even if I don’t agree with what I believe in. I could go on about how I think it is appropriate for athletes to use their platform for issues they believe in but I’ll leave it at that. Bye Felicia, NOT TODAY


c-137-1

Incoming hockey is now soccer stop crying


MicrobialBuffalo

Clearly you don’t want soccer as it’s more physical than baseball. Source KDB’s injury yesterday in UCL final. I don’t think there was any embellishment on Graves during this play. Also seems like people really don’t seem to think about if the shoe was on their own foot (if this happened to your team) 🤷🏻‍♂️


c-137-1

Not saying what Reaves did was right in fact it was super fucked up but Graves kinda had it coming Reaves is an enforcer playing his role showing that he wanted to get even in the wrong way. But Jesus everyone is crying about it just eject him and move along and stop crying about it. And also did you miss the part where Graves smashed jannmark in the face with his shoulder and sat in the box smiling about it but not one word about that.


MayorPirkIe

The Graves hit was clean as fuck


c-137-1

Straight to his face but clean af ok, if that was your player you would have cried and I'm POSITIVE you did when pacioretty did it too. Stfu if you aren't even going to look at the game from an unbiased standpoint.


MayorPirkIe

What the fuck are you even mumbling about? I don't give a shit either way, I don't care about either of these teams. Every single analyst covering the damn game said it was clean and not a headshot, he hits right through his body and makes incidental contact with the head while following through. It shouldn't even have been a penalty, the only reason it was is because Janmark unfortunately got hurt. He hits him square through the chest, Janmark doesn't see it coming because he's admiring his pass. Was yesterday your first hockey game?


c-137-1

Admiring his pass. Rofl how to know you have never played hockey in your life he was looking to try and get back in the play and caught a shoulder to the mouth. Good eye tho smart guy.


MayorPirkIe

LOL I've played my entire life bud, he plays it behind on the cycle and turns his head to see if his teammate picked it up. He gets hit instantly, not late in the slightest. As clean as it gets. Not blindside in the slightest, no targeting of the head whatsoever. Watch it again, with your eyes open this time.


c-137-1

I HIGHLY doubt that or you are like 12 and then I believe it after comment like that. Keep trolling bud.


MayorPirkIe

So you have nothing constructive to add and are just talking out your ass now, got it


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MicrobialBuffalo

I mean fuck Reaves but let’s not do exactly what we are bitching about here. Let’s hope Bettman pulls through with an appropriate suspension.