Montreal Canadiens: Joel Edmundson Fined For Tripping John Tavares
The Department of Player Safety strikes again. Joel Edmundson of the Montreal Canadiens has been fined $1000 dollars for an apparent “dangerous trip” involving John Tavares during last Saturday’s game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Montreal’s Joel Edmundson has been fined $1,000, for a dangerous trip on Toronto’s John Tavares.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 9, 2021
It took a while to figure out when this happened, but it was eventually claimed that it happened at 19:32 of the 2nd period, which would lead to this:
Maybe this? Couldn’t find anything else. Looks kind of like a dive to me pic.twitter.com/xy4jt5zdWz
— River (@riverhudon) May 9, 2021
If the officiating were actually consistent, I’d have agreed on a 2-minute penalty for slashing. However, we don’t live in such a world so make what you want out of this play.
It’s interesting to debate what constitutes a suspension or a fine in modern-day hockey. The Tom Wilson incident ended up in an all-out brawl the following night and subsequently getting Pavel Buchnevich getting suspended but nothing for Wilson. Karma did eventually hit Wilson in the form of a knee-to-knee with Flyers’ Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
On our home pond, we can’t ignore some events this season that ended up with no sanctions from the NHL. Such as Joel Armia getting run over by Tyler Myers:
Or Dillon Dube’s head shot on Jesperi Kotkaniemi:
Ironically, the NHL decided to give themselves a refill of their petty cash by handing out a handful of fines yesterday.
Florida’s MacKenzie Weegar has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for High-sticking Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 9, 2021
Florida’s Brandon Montour has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Spearing Tampa Bay’s Pat Maroon.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 9, 2021
Take a look at any social media outlet and you’ll see the raging comment wars about this alleged Edmundson trip. Is it worth the fine? Should there have been a penalty? Hard to keep up while playing “Take a shot every time the refs make a no-call against the Leafs.”