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Anonymous
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This is OP:
Look, I'm a wings fan, and for the last three years the team with Pronger on it has eliminated the Wings from the playoffs. I hate that bastard. He's my own private gremlin.
But I don't know that Pronger deserved the same sentence as Simon. There are two big differences I can find between Prongers alleged stomp and the Simon stomp. He's one of the best D-men playing right now, but I hate him and want him to go away so the wings will stop losing to him.
1. Chris Simon's was caught clearly in video and could be reviewed and questioned with ease. The Pronger incident happesns in the far corner in a shot looking at the play nearly halfway down the ice. It just isn't clear enough to definitively say what happened.
2. Because there is no good video evidence...we can't really determine wheter pronger maliciously stepped on the guy or accidentally stepped on him while trying to stand. I know pronger's got a history of being, well, a mean bastard, but circumstantial evidence of "he's a meanie" doesn't warrant prolonged suspension.
So, much as I hate the guy, I dont' think that he should have been given the same sentence as Simon. We just can't prove that it was a malicous stomp. That said, I do think the review board should have given him a short suspension, if only to send the message that players need to be aware of their skates. Maybe 4 or 5 games, just to make sure he learns never to step without looking agian. God knows the last thing the NHL needs is another incident like happened with Zednik.
With all that out of the way, accoreding to yahoo sports, the NHL found a clearer view of the incident. Pronger has a phone meeting with the review board on saturday, so we'll see what comes out of it.
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