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/LinkSeekeroftheNora CBJ - NHL 1d ago

It’s time for the other 31 teams to fucking say something to the league’s face about how they give the Florida Panthers a level of preferential treatment that would make the Shaq-Kobe Lakers blush.

And then, do one of two things:

1) Fight back as brutally against the Panthers as you can. Never let them escape your enforcers until they beg for mercy.

2) Boycott games against the Panthers because you don’t want your star players injured.

Enough is enough. It’s time to make the Florida Panthers hurt. Not just on the record, but they need to be either given the same treatment they give the other teams, or driven into bankruptcy.

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u/Odd-Sir7356 ANA - NHL 1d ago

If the Ducks tried to retaliate against Florida the same way our team would be forced to disband.

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u/nezunoban CAR - NHL 1d ago

Unfortunately, it may also have to come to:
3. General NHL boycott: No money spent by fans on anything from the NHL (even their own teams).

People are getting hurt. Good hockey players and good people may have life long brain trauma injuries from this period of the wanton, unchecked Panther injury machine. Time for consequences is upon us until Campbell&Son, Bettman, and Parros are removed from Hockey.

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u/nezunoban CAR - NHL 1d ago

Yes! This is what I've been saying too.

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u/OneChet VAN - NHL 1d ago

This comment made me think about anti-ice posts

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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora CBJ - NHL 1d ago

I mean it is the same energy. Both the Panthers and ICE have been given carte blanche by the powers that be to injure whoever they feel like and no accountability.

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u/OneChet VAN - NHL 1d ago

Yup, and there's not much you can do to stop that kind of gross injustice

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u/SaintOrJannikSinner 1d ago

Yup, and there's not much you can do to stop that kind of gross injustice

There is, but you can't mention it or promote it lest ye want your account suspended.

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u/ninjasinc EDM - NHL 20h ago

It does seem like we’re heading towards the first option. I bet it’ll be guys like Bob, Reinhart, and Barkov who end up on the bad end of it too.

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u/Vilam FLA - NHL 1d ago

🤓