Comments on: Must see TV: Artem Anisimov channels his inner sniper

By: wingsdjy

wingsdjy — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:36:35 +0000

It’s a 10 game suspension:

70.10 Fines and Suspensions – The first player to leave the players’ or penalty bench during an altercation or for the purpose of starting an altercation from either or both teams shall be suspended automatically without pay for the next ten (10) regular League and/or Play-off games of his team.

By: nhlbruins90

nhlbruins90 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:34:51 +0000

Hockey players are entertainers. Singers are entertainers. That doesn’t mean I want to hear hockey players sing. Stick to what you get paid for.

By: govtminion

govtminion — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:23:45 +0000

I’d have been okay with it, but for one thing- it looks like he points his stick at the Lightning goal when he does it, as if he’s shooting the goalie. That’s not okay, to me- if he’d aimed almost anywhere else (and granted, it may be that I just misunderstood what I saw), I’d have been okay with it.

By: bcjim

bcjim — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:00:12 +0000

10 I thought.

Funny anyway but not something that needs to become routine.

By: taytay099

taytay099 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:31:39 +0000

Automatic one game for leaving the bench to fight.

By: stakex

stakex — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:52:30 +0000

Hockey players are entertainers…. and it was entertaining. Theres nothing wrong with an animated celebration when someone scores. Hell, its a good thing to see players who actually get excited when they score. Nothing worse then seeing a guy look like a zombie after he scores since it makes it seem like he doesn’t care.

However while I have no issue with an animated celebration… sometimes its a really bad idea, and I think thats the case here. After all, the Rangers were controling the play very well until this point in the game. Afterwards however the game started to look much closer and the extra fight Tampa showed in the 3rd ended up costing the Rangers. The worst thing you can do when your beating a team is give them an extra reason to rally against you, and it could be said thats exactlly what Anisimov did.

As for Tampa’s immediate response to the celebration (going after Anisimov), it did seem a touch over board… but I can’t really say I blame them either. The one thing that wasn’t cool was Steve Downie leaving the bench. There is no time in which I play should be leaving the bench to join a fight on the ice, even when it happens after a goal. Its not like he was already on the ice for a line change… he clearly didn’t leave the bench until the fight was under way. I would expect a suspension of that (I think its auto 10 games for leaving the bench).

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:49:28 +0000

Amateur hour nonsense.

By: nhlbruins90

nhlbruins90 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:33:44 +0000

Absolutely bush-league. Beat the sh*t out of him.