POLL: How many games for Rick Rypien

How many games for Rick Rypien?

10 - I think he gets 2 games for the sucker punch while still on the ice and 8 games for the fan situation.

I say he gets 2. It seems to be a standard amount handed out right now.

10 is my guess.

I said 15 in another thread. I'd give him 2 for the sucker punch and 13 for the fan altercation.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:I say he gets 2. It seems to be a standard amount handed out right now.

It's gonna be at least 5... it's an in-person meeting.

I don't think he'd have gotten suspended at all for the sucker punch, but throw in the fan thing, I think you've got yourself a 10+ game suspension. I wouldn't be surprised if it were 20. If the fan would have physically instigated the tussle, then I could see 10. But for the player to shove a fan like that, IMHO, its gotta be 20

I'll say 8-10. Has something like this happened in recent times? Not mad millbury days...

25

well at least now we know he'll be getting at least a 3 game suspension

He's been suspended until Wed for a meeting to determine the full extent of his punishment

Edit: not sure if I just read the Wednesday meeting wrong or not, because I can't find the source again...

Pretty interesting graph showing the search popularity of 'Ryan Rypien'

Malhotra's comments after the game:

"There's boundaries that should never be crossed. We're in our area of work," he said. "We're all for the hooting and hollering and supporting your team and saying whatever is tasteful. But as soon as you cross that line and want to become physical with a player then we have to make sure we take care of ourselves. ... We have no idea of what their intentions are."

I love how players talk outta their Donkey without seeing the replay and make blindly stupid statements. The fan didn't become physical with the player at all.

Oh and looks like Rypien was also pretty physical with the refs. Definitely 15+ games now

Indefinite suspension for Rypien.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=338024

He grabs the ref that was pulling and escorting him to the door and shoves him... looked like he was ready to rumble with the ref before his teammates helped out... and then he attacks a fan who was simply applauding him being tossed... this could be a big one.

I say they should have glass there. Take the potential for ugliness out of situations like that.

He only got 6 games!

I'm shocked. That's all he got? What kind of disciplinary standards does this league have? It fluctuates so wildly between different incidents that it's hard to even understand the parameters they use to mete out punishment.

wprager wrote:They threw the book at him -- the book was a tri-fold brochure.

Made out of soft tissue paper.

Michallica wrote:Malhotra's comments after the game:

"There's boundaries that should never be crossed. We're in our area of work," he said. "We're all for the hooting and hollering and supporting your team and saying whatever is tasteful. But as soon as you cross that line and want to become physical with a player then we have to make sure we take care of ourselves. ... We have no idea of what their intentions are."

I love how players talk outta their Donkey without seeing the replay and make blindly stupid statements. The fan didn't become physical with the player at all.

Oh and looks like Rypien was also pretty physical with the refs. Definitely 15+ games now

Not trying to be nit-picky here, but Maholtra was the closest person to the incident. Standing what looks to be no more than 4 feet from both Rypien and the fan. I would suggest that he knew EXACTLY what went on.

Rypien crossed the line, because the fan didn't really do much wrong other than probably run his mouth. I will certainly agree with Malhotra though, that if a fan crosses that physical line into the playing field...he's fair game.

hemlock wrote:

Michallica wrote:Malhotra's comments after the game:

"There's boundaries that should never be crossed. We're in our area of work," he said. "We're all for the hooting and hollering and supporting your team and saying whatever is tasteful. But as soon as you cross that line and want to become physical with a player then we have to make sure we take care of ourselves. ... We have no idea of what their intentions are."

I love how players talk outta their Donkey without seeing the replay and make blindly stupid statements. The fan didn't become physical with the player at all.

Oh and looks like Rypien was also pretty physical with the refs. Definitely 15+ games now

Not trying to be nit-picky here, but Maholtra was the closest person to the incident. Standing what looks to be no more than 4 feet from both Rypien and the fan. I would suggest that he knew EXACTLY what went on.

Rypien crossed the line, because the fan didn't really do much wrong other than probably run his mouth. I will certainly agree with Malhotra though, that if a fan crosses that physical line into the playing field...he's fair game.

Point is that, no matter how close Malhotra was to the incident, the fan didn't cross any lines that would give Rypien cause to become physical. Since Rypien, not the fan, crossed the line, what Malhotra said is a great example of a player talking out of his Donkey.

He was standing up for his teammate, what else is he gonna say?

spader wrote:

hemlock wrote:

Michallica wrote:Malhotra's comments after the game:

"There's boundaries that should never be crossed. We're in our area of work," he said. "We're all for the hooting and hollering and supporting your team and saying whatever is tasteful. But as soon as you cross that line and want to become physical with a player then we have to make sure we take care of ourselves. ... We have no idea of what their intentions are."

I love how players talk outta their Donkey without seeing the replay and make blindly stupid statements. The fan didn't become physical with the player at all.

Oh and looks like Rypien was also pretty physical with the refs. Definitely 15+ games now

Not trying to be nit-picky here, but Maholtra was the closest person to the incident. Standing what looks to be no more than 4 feet from both Rypien and the fan. I would suggest that he knew EXACTLY what went on.

Rypien crossed the line, because the fan didn't really do much wrong other than probably run his mouth. I will certainly agree with Malhotra though, that if a fan crosses that physical line into the playing field...he's fair game.

Point is that, no matter how close Malhotra was to the incident, the fan didn't cross any lines that would give Rypien cause to become physical. Since Rypien, not the fan, crossed the line, what Malhotra said is a great example of a player talking out of his Donkey.

Agreed. I was referring to the bolded part "without seeing the replay". He didn't have to, he was standing right there. While his comments (Malhotra's) don't apply because, like has been said (including me) that the fan didn't cross the line, I agree with what he's saying, even though it's accurate for this incident.

Ah, got it. Ya, I agree as well. A fan crosses the line, he should get pummelled a la Domi when that Donkey came through the glass.

spader wrote:Ah, got it. Ya, I agree as well. A fan crosses the line, he should get pummelled a la Domi when that Donkey came through the glass.

Yeah. It's happened several time in football too. I've seen a clip or two of a fan getting absolutely destroyed by a linebacker in full pads. That's like being hit by a car :x

hemlock wrote:

spader wrote:

hemlock wrote:

Michallica wrote:Malhotra's comments after the game:

"There's boundaries that should never be crossed. We're in our area of work," he said. "We're all for the hooting and hollering and supporting your team and saying whatever is tasteful. But as soon as you cross that line and want to become physical with a player then we have to make sure we take care of ourselves. ... We have no idea of what their intentions are."

I love how players talk outta their Donkey without seeing the replay and make blindly stupid statements. The fan didn't become physical with the player at all.

Oh and looks like Rypien was also pretty physical with the refs. Definitely 15+ games now

Not trying to be nit-picky here, but Maholtra was the closest person to the incident. Standing what looks to be no more than 4 feet from both Rypien and the fan. I would suggest that he knew EXACTLY what went on.

Rypien crossed the line, because the fan didn't really do much wrong other than probably run his mouth. I will certainly agree with Malhotra though, that if a fan crosses that physical line into the playing field...he's fair game.

Point is that, no matter how close Malhotra was to the incident, the fan didn't cross any lines that would give Rypien cause to become physical. Since Rypien, not the fan, crossed the line, what Malhotra said is a great example of a player talking out of his Donkey.

Agreed. I was referring to the bolded part "without seeing the replay". He didn't have to, he was standing right there. While his comments (Malhotra's) don't apply because, like has been said (including me) that the fan didn't cross the line, I agree with what he's saying, even though it's accurate for this incident.

Malhotra was referring to how fans want to cross a line and become physical then we have to take care of ourselves. To this I say he's clearly trying to deflect attention away from Rypien and make it seem that the fan was invading his zone. I don't quite get if he was right there why he would say a thing about fans getting physical. That's why I mentioned that maybe he should look at the replay before saying stupid things like '...want to become physical with a player...' line

and yes, he was there. If he doesn't need to look at the replay, then he is just talking out of his Donkey to protect his teammate. either way, it came off very very dumb.

And then the fan got destroyed for wanting legal representation. Dum-Dums all around

Michallica wrote:and yes, he was there. If he doesn't need to look at the replay, then he is just talking out of his Donkey to protect his teammate. either way, it came off very very dumb.

And then the fan got destroyed for wanting legal representation. Dum-Dums all around

How did the fan get destroyed? I'm asking seriously. I obviously missed something.

well destroyed in terms of reputation. Just articles written on how idiotic the guy is if his intentions are to sue Rypien or the NHL.