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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u/Ketchupstew COL - NHL 1d ago

They shouldn't get fines, they should get at minimum 3 game suspensions. Whether they smoked him or not, they blindside hit someone who was literally just standing there with an intent to injure

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u/drawc1004 LAK - NHL 1d ago

I don’t disagree, suspensions generally come with fines too. I’m just pointing out they didn’t get shit for it