He says that the 15 game suspension to Shawn Thornton was too much. Now, let's get the accusations of Homerism out of the way: yes, I am a fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Yes, Thornton concussed Brooks Orpik, who is a Pens player. Therefore, I can be accused of bias. Let me nip that in the bud here:
1> No player deserves to get slewfooted, knocked down and punched in the head twice while flat on his back on the ice. Ever. Not even Eric Lindros.
2> James Neal got 5 games for kneeing Brad Marchand in the same game. That's hardly enough.
3> Puck Daddy (Yahoo's hockey blog) agrees with 15 games.
To get back to Don Cherry, this is a guy gets mad when the Toronto Maple Leafs don't have any players from Ontario. Talk about Homerism. No wonder they missed the playoffs for so many years.
Another point against him: You fight, you get hurt. Really? I think fighting has its place in the NHL, but the guy is basically condoning concussions.
He's a dinosaur that needs to shut the hell up, and preferably soon.
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