Adams suspended; Bylsma fined
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Adams suspended; Bylsma fined
Before Brendan Shanahan even gets to his scheduled hearings with Penguins forwards James Neal and Arron Asham, this much we know:
Pittsburgh will be without forward Craig Adams for Game 4 and coach Dan Bylsma's pockets will be a little lighter.
Adams was suspended one game on Monday, a mandatory suspension as per NHL rules for being handed an instigator penalty in the waning moments of Game 3. The rules (46.12, 46.22) stipulate that a player receives an automatic suspension for an instigator call with under five minutes to play in regulation or in overtime.
It's the NHL's way to try and curb games from getting out of hand late.
It didn't work on Sunday.
Bylsma was fined $10,000, also an automatic penalty, since coaches are supposed to be in control of players late in games. His fine money will go to the NHL Foundation.
Adams was simply caught in the middle. He was forced to clean up for Sidney Crosby's dirty business, once Crosby grabbed Scott Hartnell by the back of his jersey and tried to tangle. Adams needed to step in since Crosby does not normally fight. Now, it has cost him a playoff game.
Neal and Asham are scheduled for hearings on Tuesday. Asham's is of the "in person" variety, meaning that he will need to be seen in person by Shanahan at the league's New York headquarters.
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Neal will get off only with a weak fine. There's no way the NHL is going to remove a 35-goal scorer from the Pens' lineup in an elimination game, even if he richly deserves it.— Snap Crackle Propp- If Neal also gets suspended it's really over. He's their best offensive player in this series— farley
- Fly boys need to humiliate the Pens in game 4. How about 8-1!— amblereagles
- one of the biggest disgrace of that game ( notice i said one of) is how a professional, former NHL coach of they year loses total control of his players like that. I for one don't believe he was sending out there to do that. When the chaos broke they were basically going goal for goal, so they where technically still in the game. I say let them try to keep gooning it up as long as none of our players get seriously injured, that means the pens will spending more time trying to bully the flyers (LOL) & less time playing their puck control style of game.
— mos19delta - @steelfan: All those championships and winning can't wash away the horrid taste in your mouth of your Pens being embarrassed on a national stage, can it? You are bitter and who can blame you? Your team is being exposed for the fraud it is. The Pens ducked the Flyers three seasons ago when they tanked games in the regular season; but they couldn't save themselves in the first round this time. Don’t feel too bad though, the Pens just ran into a better team with a better game plan and more heart.— Coop Junior
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- 6 pm Eastern, and still no word on Asham and Neal. Is one of Giroux' cousins married to one of Shanny's? Don't want to look biased...— element_104
- Neal got 1 game and Asham received 4 games. Time to close this thing out tomorrow night! — Phlyer00
