The Pacific Division Thread

[ICE24]

The Kings and Winnipeg have the same amount of wins. This will be a battle down the stretch to see who has more wins at seasons end.

 

[santiclaws]

Gudas receiving only a 5-game suspension should tell us all we need to know about the current state of the NHL DoPS under Parros. How he's still head of that organization is something only Bettman will answer.

He is head of DoPS because he does what Bettman wants him to do. He will be gone the minute he doesn't. He is just a convenient scapegoat for the fans. The buck doesn't stop with him.

 

[JC6388LAKings]

He is head of DoPS because he does what Bettman wants him to do. He will be gone the minute he doesn't. He is just a convenient scapegoat for the fans. The buck doesn't stop with him.

The thing with Parros is that he's too lenient in handing out punishments towards players who've committed infractions that are legitimately serious enough to warrant more than simple 5-game suspensions. From botching the handling of the Tom Wilson incident from six years ago to Darnell Nurse receiving only a one-game suspension after that cheap cross-check to the head of QB last season, Parros doesn't effectively know how to respond to these type of incidents the way a proper head of the DoPS should do. The DoPS under Shanahan was more effective in handing out punishments towards offending players than Parros.

Remember when players like Hunter and B.Marchment were slapped with 20-game suspensions because their offenses were that outright dangerous towards the victims they preyed upon? Yeah, the league was much harsher with those punishments back then despite the rules being different at the time.