Chris Neil Has Never Been Suspended

Is that a promise?

It’s a lot less likely that the Leafs would have come back against a team dressing an equivalent number of regulars. The Boyce/Crabb/Rosehill line (or was Dupuis in there somewhere?) was on for two goals against that just plain should have been covered.

Of course, they’re probably getting extra TOI because it’s the preseason, and Wilson is trying to figure who to keep.

Notice Neil has a chance to lay the body on MacA before he shoots, doesn’t do it because Neil is a piece of shit who doesn;t hit a guy cleanly

I watched the game with BCapp tonight. Gentleman and a scholar.

I was at the game tonight….it was great! Except for a bunch of Sens fans shouting anti-Muslim slurs throughout the 3rd period, I had a good time. They were pretty drunk, but I turned to them and told them there was no place for prejudice in the game. They kept it up anyways. I hope they’re ashamed of themselves. They were turds.

On the bright side, they kept dissing Mikhail Grabovski, and you never piss off a Belorussian pineapple killer. He lit the lamp to prove that Sens fans are turds after all.

is when he gives it to Grabbo I think he’s just trying to make the smart play and eat time. rather than shoot it and have it go back the other way, he gives it deep to Grabbo. if Grabbo eats it, great. But instead they get a better scoring chance instead of an odd-man rush the other way.

Neil is far too cowardly to answer the bell with Orr.

Grabbo also scored glove side high on Lehner. The book is out on him apparently.

Not sure how well the cameras followed this on TV, but at the game Grabbo looked disoriented and dazed after the hit, including when he was briefly on the bench before going to the locker room to get checked out. He also apparently said he can’t remember the hit. So far the Leafs are claiming there’s no concussion, but they also said that the last time Grabbo got hit in the head, and it later came out that he was actually concussed. I seriously hope they’re not covering up another concussion here. I’m obviously in no place to diagnose him, but from what I saw/heard, I’m definitely concerned.

I hate Spezza dogging it on the backcheck on the Mac Goal… it’s the f’n NHL FFS! I know it’s preseason.. but skate u POS!

i heard the leafs are hiring ozzie guillen as there new coach.

Most people would probably say Kessel but Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski definitely keep their names in the mix, and Phaneuf’s played well too

Grabovski is number one hockey player of my heart.

There is a reason I advocate keeping Colton Orr around as a #13F despite being useless aside from enforcing. That reason is players like Chris Neil.

Chris Neil. There’s never a lone gunman when you need one.

Fake jersey on the MacArthur goal.

Seriously, dude?

Hey!

I’m European and I just love going to the dirty areas.

Hurr hurr hurr.

How has Chris Neil never been suspended? Does he “walk the line” that well? Really?

Colour me suprised.

I’m a reformed Leafs fan, living in Ottawa and now cheering for the Sens. I grew up cheering for the Leafs, even during the Ballard’s Buffoons years.

I lost my affection for the Leafs, ironically, because they became the kind of team you all apparently don’t like, when you describe Chris Neil. Without Wendel and without Killer, the Leafs became cheap, after-the-whistle face washers. Tie Domi’s elbow to Neidermayer, Tucker’s entire tenure and even Mats’ whole attitude just started to turn me off. Every whistle, you would think the world was coming to an end, instead, it was the team itself.

The Leafs beat us in the playoffs way more times than I want to admit. Roberts was a stud and the only guy who had the Gilmour/Clark class. I wish he had played for us. But the rest of the team for the most part was just really hard to take.

Chris Neil, like anyone who has to augment his game with a bit of physicality to stick in the bigs, has had his moments. I didn’t like the Drury hit. But watch that guy in the slot. I defy you to name another player who takes the abuse he takes and who gets fewer penalty calls in his favour or who does less to complain about his treatment there. To brand him gutless, or a pussy is macho posturing.

I’ve never seen Neil decline an invitation to dance unless it was one of those moments where it would hurt the team. He frequently fights above his weight class. If and when the time comes, he won’t back down. But that’s not because I need him to be that guy to feed my ego, that’s just what I have observed of the guy over his career.

Did he intend to hit Grabovski or did he brace for impact? I honestly can’t tell. I hope it was accidental, and if he ever crosses the line to the point there is no doubt about his responsibility, I hope they suspend him, just liek I hope they suspend anyone else who is either deliberate or careless in their behaviour. There needs to be some room for absolute accident, but I like the way they have been treating headshots like high sticks – holding them to account for careless as well as intentional transgressions.

Calling for faces to be caved in or snipers – that’s basically what I walked away from.