標籤: Gudas

马修斯在碰撞中遭受了 3 级内侧副韧带撕裂，这让他在冰上痛苦地翻滚。他的经纪人贾德·摩尔达弗（Judd Moldaver）非常清楚他对联盟决定将这位多次违规的球员禁赛五场的感受。

马修斯的经纪人在对古达斯的轻微裁决后爆发

“鉴于这场比赛明显的严重性，我对联盟允许这样的裁决感到失望和震惊。

电话听证会和五场比赛是可笑和荒谬的。

虽然我们的劳资协议中规定了这个程序，但这种纪律是鲁莽和荒谬的。这一决定导致所有球员对纪律程序进一步失去信心。球员和球迷应该得到更好的。球员安全部门应该暂停。”

古达斯此前曾四次因暴力撞击导致受伤而被国家冰球联盟 (NHL) 禁赛。 2015 年，他因爆头而获得了 3 名玩家的青睐； 2016年因“干扰”被禁赛6场； 2017 年，马修·佩罗 (Mathieu Perreault) 颈部被砍伤，被禁赛 10 场； 2019 年，高粘性尼基塔·库切罗夫 (Nikita Kucherov) 的 2 名玩家。

整个冰球界的反应相当一致，认为五场禁赛是一个笑话……“可笑”，正如马修斯的经纪人所说的那样。

The collision caused Matthews to suffer a Grade 3 MCL tear, leaving him writhing in pain on the ice. His agent, Judd Moldaver, was very clear about how he felt about the league’s decision to suspend the multiple-time offender for just five games.

Matthews’ agent fumes after soft decision on Gudas

“Given the obvious seriousness of the game, I am disappointed and shocked that the league would allow such a decision.

Listening to one phone and playing 5 games is ridiculous and absurd.

While the process is set out in our CBA, this discipline is reckless and ridiculous. As a result of this decision all players have further lost confidence in the disciplinary process. The players and fans deserve better. The player safety department should be suspended.”

Gudas has been suspended by the NHL four previous times for violent attacks that resulted in injuries. He received a 3-Gamer for Headshot in 2015; 6-game suspension for “interference” in 2016; Mathieu Perreault served a hefty 10-game ban in 2017 due to a neck injury; And 2nd-gamer in 2019 for high-sticking Nikita Kucherov.

The unanimous reaction from around the hockey world is that this five-game suspension is a joke… “laughable,” as Matthews’ agent aptly put it.

After the game, head coach Craig Berube, in a subdued manner, certainly seemed disappointed that his team did not make a move for Matthews.

“We should have had four guys over there do something about it,” Berube said. “It didn’t happen then, but I thought they answered in the third.”

And granted, the Leafs came back from being down 3-2 at that point, scoring two goals on a five-minute power play and then played a courageous third period. Even fresh-faced 20-year-old rookie Easton Cowan hung up the gloves after making a big hit on Nick Robertson and going after the Ducks’ Jackson LaCombe. Too little, too late, most would say.

Sure enough, they got a 6-4 win to snap an eight-game losing streak. But the damage was already done. You can’t ignore what we all saw after that disgusting hit from Gudas on Matthews.

The ugly result of the Gudas/Matthews hit is a microcosm of what’s wrong with this Leafs team

For now, we’ll leave the final words to absolutely furious Leafs Morning Take co-host—and former Leafs player—Jay Rosehill (who was known for dropping the gloves on more than one occasion during his career):

If you want a nitty-gritty explanation of what’s wrong with this team and why they’ve been lagging for a decade, it’s right here. Zero reaction… To be successful in hockey, you must have a team-first mentality… This should be the foundation of your team.

This team watches their captain writhe in pain on the ice, and no one knows enough to do anything about it, doesn’t care enough, doesn’t have enough heart, isn’t proud enough. Oh, ‘I didn’t see it.’ Who gives a fuck! Your captain is on the ice holding his knee, and the dirtiest player in the league is recovering from a collision… This is the default: you go flying there and ask questions later!

No doubt, there will be a lot of questions asked about this team after that—existential questions.