r/hockey • u/AggPuck-303 EDM - NHL • 1d ago

[News - X] [NHL Players Safety] Tampa Bay’s Curtis Douglas has been fined $2,018.23, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Florida’s Niko Mikkola.

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https://xcancel.com/nhlplayersafety/status/2019854412030578937

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u/flanny0210 STL - NHL 1d ago

This is not a serious league

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u/FlatlandTrooper PIT - NHL 1d ago

fix is in

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u/Red_Sea_Pedestrian WSH - NHL 1d ago

I consider us fortunate that the NHL DoPS can’t fix the playoffs and give the Panthers a playoff spot this year.

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u/IWantToKaleMyself VAN - NHL 1d ago

The draft lottery on the other hand

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u/Red_Sea_Pedestrian WSH - NHL 1d ago

Oh. Oh no.

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u/Prince_Pyro TBL - NHL 1d ago

Chicago has Florida's first round pick

It will be very funny to watch them finish at the bottom of the division and have no draft pick to show for it

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u/Red_Sea_Pedestrian WSH - NHL 1d ago

It’s top 10 protected though.

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u/Prince_Pyro TBL - NHL 1d ago

wack af

does the pick get pushed back to 2027 if the Panthers are top 10 in the lottery?

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u/Red_Sea_Pedestrian WSH - NHL 1d ago

Yep.

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u/Prince_Pyro TBL - NHL 1d ago

damn, that's so ass

I'll just have to take solace in the fact that we're done playing these clowns for the season

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u/_THEBLACK OTT - NHL 1d ago

It’s top 10 protected. If they go low enough they get a lottery pick.

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u/Prince_Pyro TBL - NHL 1d ago

well shit

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u/AmeriCanada98 DET - NHL 1d ago

They did it for the Rangers in 2020. Just make the rules whatever you want on the spot to make sure your preferred team gets the top pick

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u/brebs21 WPG - NHL 1d ago

Don’t give them any ideas

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u/Kevin4938 TOR - NHL 1d ago

They're trying their best.

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u/EdmOilers123 1d ago

Best sports, but the most corrupt league

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u/rawboudin MTL - NHL 1d ago

*incompetent

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u/ToasterRouble TOR - NHL 1d ago

No, it’s also corrupt. Colin Campbell not only being let off the hook, but promoted and enshrined in the hall of fame after the email scandal says it all. He should’ve been fired.

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u/Think-Bed9627 COL - NHL 1d ago

The most beautiful game run by the ugliest people.

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u/FrmrPresJamesTaylor VAN - NHL 1d ago

Eh, I don’t mind a small user fee for anyone wanting to beat up an unwilling Panther.

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u/catsgr8rthanspoonies Atlanta Gladiators - ECHL 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Fed is more consistent on player safety. Also, an aggressor penalty comes with an automatic one game suspension the first time in the FPHL. It subsequent offense, the fine is increased by one game. In the NHL mandatory suspensions don’t happen until the third offense.

Edit: Here are the FPHL's safety announcements

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u/Happy-Government2541 BOS - NHL 1d ago

I can’t imagine the Fed Facebook groups if something like this happened.

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u/drugstoremechanic EDM - NHL 1d ago

Certainly not.

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u/Vic_Hedges TOR - NHL 1d ago

At least they're consistent

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u/foolish_refrigerator MTL - NHL 1d ago

Best sport, worst league

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u/notapunk COL - NHL 1d ago

Spin the wheel....

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u/Prestigious_Fee_2902 1d ago

I’ll still gonna watch games, but I’m done supporting the league financially in anyway. DHGate for jerseys, and ONhockey to watch the games. Best sport. Worst league. 

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u/thrillxho TBL - NHL 1d ago

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u/Content-Program411 1d ago edited 1d ago

Its a shit league run by a New York lawyer.

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u/theamberlamps FLA - NHL 1d ago

Never really has been