A Quick Word: Jared Spurgeon deserved worse, NHL Player Safety Commission

Horrible miss by the league here.

Happy Tuesday, folks. Is that even a thing, yet? Tuesday is that rest day after the awful and evil Monday, and right before the midweek sensation of Hump Day so plan your evenings accordingly. I will be roving around St. Louis with my dad, as we prowl the town like a couple barbarians let out for one last night.

Before I do that, let’s talk about the latest case of the NHL dropping the ball.

JARED SPURGEON DESERVED A GAME

First off, the NHL Department of Player Safety are about as good at their job as Rob Manfred is at his MLB Commissioner gig. Spurgeon, the Minnesota Wild captain and defenseman, retaliated late in the Blues’ 4-0 win Monday night. He violently cross-checked Pavel Buchnevich’s lower leg after a collision by Minnesota’s net. See for yourself, via #stlblues Twitter favorite, Tony X:

Tony X @soIoucity

look at this TRASH

This wasn’t the result of an earlier hit or scrap, just one player breaking the rules that even a physical league can have. Buchnevich and Spurgeon are clearly tied up and as they separate, the latter makes a violent plunge with his stick into the calf, Achilles heel, and ankle area of the Blues player. Intentional, unneeded, and quite frankly an offense that deserved a game.

There’s no way you can watch the replay and try to say $5,000 is a decent fine and message. All that says is Spurgeon breaks off a piece of his period wage, and learns nothing. If I were the Blues, justice must be taken into their hands instead of the league and that will be done by sweeping these scrubs. They tried to let the league take care of it, but nope.

Also, Barry and Debbie Spurgeon should smack the shit out of their son for doing something that gives the league a bad name. At the very least, send him a brown bag full of your pet beagle’s dog shit.

And before you hit me with, “you’re a Blues fan so you’re mad,” that’s wrong. I would call for the same suspension of Buch, who would have to sit for a game and change his name temporarily to Navel Bitchnevich for a day. Instead, we’re talking about the pride offspring of Barry and Debbie. I wonder if they viciously stabbed down with a stick at other people’s ankles.

Again, if you’re making a big stink about SAFETY and how the game needs to be run and regulated better, you can’t slap Spurg-Detector with a $5K whistle blow. It’s weak.

St. Louis should just kick their ass even worse than 4-0. Maybe make it 8-0 in Game 2 with a bag of cold Chinese food sent to Jared’s hotel room for Game 3 downtown.