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The Hockey Guy© asked in SportsHockey · 10 years ago

Patrick Kaleta's Suspension?

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=598758&navid=DL...

4 game suspension....agree or disagree?

Personally, I'm fed up with him. He's a dirtbag.

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    He head-butted a guy. Unless the NHL has gone to some new helmet technology that has dramatically changed, that's a hard-shell helmet. That's not a "hockey play" and it damn sure wasn't an accident. Apparently he thought he was playing soccer (which the more you think about it, makes sense given Kaleta's nature). Well deserved.

    Can't stand him mostly because he thinks he's a tough guy, but you so much as sneeze near him and he falls down like a sack of bricks.

  • jay k
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    A dirty play from a player with a long list of suspensions and dirty plays. Suspension was warranted. He could still be an effective player if he cut crap like that and the turtling from his game, but he chooses not to. He doesn't have much respect around the league including some fans in Buffalo because of plays like that.

  • 10 years ago

    He is just trying to be an enforcer, but a play like that is stupid. He was just going into the play to join the scrum, but the headbutt wasn't acceptable. A simple body check was what he should have done. He is also lucky he didn't get a penalty. 5 games would have even been fair because of the concussion that almost occurred for Voracek.

    Source(s): A Sabres fan
  • 10 years ago

    That was clearly intended for injury. Being that he's tried it before, I would have given him 10-15 games.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    He does it all the time. He deserves more.

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