We had a good, hearty laugh in the hockey locker room today when one of the guys said: “I don’t know, looked good to me…”, in reference to the latest Carcillo debacle. Yeah, looked good. He almost killed the guy. So close.
Oh, you missed this one, did you? Here’s the long version: Daniel Carcillo sucks at hockey and he played last night.
His “boarding” major cost 2 goals and hopefully 5 games. Tom Gilbert’s injury status is unclear. I think it’s safe to say, for about the 50th time, that this little experiment is over. It was a dumb fucking idea to begin with, but I gave Bowman the benefit, as he seems smart. That’s ova! Eat the remainder of the $775,000 that this dude signed for and call it day. Carcillo is way too risky at this point, with zero upside. He has 2 goals and nine assists in 20-something games. I don’t even care enough to look it up. He also has two suspensions this year, and 5 in the last 3 years. Hell, he missed the first two games of his Blackhawk career serving time from an incident in last season’s playoffs!
Little else needs to be said here. As of this moment, this guy is ban from league play until the NHL can get a consult with some lawyers and maybe a psychiatrist. Any less than 4 games is silly, but with the NHL knowing that Carcillo would have to sit after injuring himself anyway, I can see the league dropping a token message of 10 games. It sounds like outrageous punishment, but he’s obviously a repeat-offender and injured anyway. I say, jack it up. Keep the suspensions coming.
Below is about how much hockey D Carcillo should be seeing over the next few weeks.
