{"id":444622,"date":"2024-01-26T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=444622"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:10:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T18:10:46","slug":"analyst-p-k-subban-says-brendan-gallagher-should-be-suspended-the-hit-is-just-inexcusable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/analyst-p-k-subban-says-brendan-gallagher-should-be-suspended-the-hit-is-just-inexcusable\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst P.K. Subban Says Brendan Gallagher Should Be Suspended: &#8220;The hit is just inexcusable&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After hitting New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech with a flying elbow during the third period of Thursday&#8217;s 4-3 victory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/canadiens\/\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> forward Brendan Gallagher will go before the NHL Department of Player Safety.<\/p>\n<h2>Analyst P.K. Subban Says Brendan Gallagher Should Be Suspended: &#8220;The hit is just inexcusable&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Even Gallagher&#8217;s old teammate PK Subban thinks Gallagher ought to get a suspension because of how nasty the hit was.<\/p>\n<p>In a video he uploaded on X, former NHL defender and current ESPN commentator P.K. Subban said that the hit in the Isles&#8217; 4-3 loss was &#8220;inexcusable&#8221; and something the league couldn&#8217;t allow to happen again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;There&#39;s kids watching, we&#39;re role models, and if I was a teammate of his I&#39;d tell him to smarten up.&quot; -Brendan Gallagher <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b2crgLB0Ir\">pic.twitter.com\/b2crgLB0Ir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gulk (@realgulk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realgulk\/status\/1750708468183453738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great game, everything is good and then there\u2019s this play,\u201d said Subban, who played four seasons with Gallagher, 31, in Montreal from 2012-16. \u201cIt\u2019s not a hockey play. It\u2019s not a collision in the corner. It\u2019s not a battle for the puck. This is a guy skating the puck through the middle of the ice and Gallagher throws his elbow right into his chin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how else I\u2019m supposed to call that, but to me those are the hits that we just can\u2019t have. That\u2019s just inexcusable. There\u2019s no upside.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Habs fans seeing the Brendan Gallagher hit on Pelech: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XL7UT3tnXs\">pic.twitter.com\/XL7UT3tnXs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sens Are Next (@SensAreNext) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SensAreNext\/status\/1750861184515911734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was a very hard hit, to be honest. With less than ten minutes remaining in the third period, the 29-year-old Pelech was skating through the neutral zone when he took a foul elbow to the face, which left him down on the ice. He was not carrying the ball on his stick.<\/p>\n<p>Pelech went to the changing room after receiving attention from the training personnel. For an elbow to the head, Gallagher received a game misconduct penalty and a five-minute major.<\/p>\n<p>Following the game, Pelech&#8217;s status was not updated by Islanders head coach Patrick Roy.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ridlygreig71\/status\/1750754196243001731<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we all saw what happened,\u201d Roy told reporters after the game, per The Post\u2019s Ethan Sears. \u201cI think the league\u2019s gonna review the hit. That\u2019s all I can say for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After spending 13 years playing, including stints in Montreal, Nashville, and New Jersey, Subban demanded action from the NHL Department of Player Safety.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old, who has never been suspended, may only be fined a maximum of five games because the hearing will take place over the phone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tough guy Brendan Gallagher before and after Jacques Martin sends Brady over the boards: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CtAR4tgzbr\">pic.twitter.com\/CtAR4tgzbr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sens Are Next (@SensAreNext) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SensAreNext\/status\/1748342717652865323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This season, in his 12th with Montreal, Gallagher has played in 46 games and recorded 41 penalty minutes while scoring eight goals and dishing out eight assists.<\/p>\n<div data-hveid=\"CD8QAQ\">\n<div class=\"dnXCYb\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"_T_SzZbOJEc-Uvr0PlpGB6A8_60\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"JlqpRe\"><span class=\"JCzEY ZwRhJd\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">How many games has Gallagher played?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_T_SzZbOJEc-Uvr0PlpGB6A8_60\" class=\"bCOlv\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjz7PqU0vuDAxVPiq8BHZZIAP0Q7NUEegQIPxAE\">\n<div class=\"IZE3Td\">\n<div class=\"t0bRye r2fjmd\" data-hveid=\"CD8QBQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjz7PqU0vuDAxVPiq8BHZZIAP0Qu04oAHoECD8QBQ\">\n<div id=\"T_SzZbOJEc-Uvr0PlpGB6A8__47\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc\" data-md=\"135\">\n<div class=\"Crs1tb\" data-hveid=\"CEMQAA\">\n<div class=\"iKJnec\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">Career Stats<\/div>\n<div class=\"webanswers-webanswers_table__webanswers-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"ztXv9\">\n<th>Season<\/th>\n<th>Team<\/th>\n<th>G<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2021-22<\/td>\n<td>Montr\u00e9al Canadiens<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022-23<\/td>\n<td>Montr\u00e9al Canadiens<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2023-24<\/td>\n<td>Montr\u00e9al Canadiens<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Career<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>209<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHLPlayerSafety<\/a> announces that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoHabsGo<\/a>\u00a0 Brendan Gallagher will NOT have an in-person hearing for his hit on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Isles<\/a>\u00a0 Adam Pelech, that means the max is 5 games, which means he will not be made an example of after a brutal hit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheHockeyNews<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQ4vOpq7Yp\">https:\/\/t.co\/WQ4vOpq7Yp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stefen Rosner (@stefen_rosner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefen_rosner\/status\/1750895421017178395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Has Brendan Gallagher been suspended?<\/h3>\n<p>Over the course of his twelve NHL seasons, Gallagher, thirty-one, has never been suspended. In 48 games this season, he has 16 points (eight goals, eight assists), while in 723 games overall during his career with the Canadiens, he has 411 points (210 goals, 201 assists).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jim Harbaugh\u00a0Weighs In On\u00a0Appointment Of Sherrone Moore As Head Coach\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/jim-harbaugh-weighs-in-on-appointment-of-sherrone-moore-as-head-coach\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jim Harbaugh\u00a0Weighs In On\u00a0Appointment Of Sherrone Moore As Head Coach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hitting New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech with a flying elbow during the third period of Thursday&#8217;s 4-3 victory, Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher will go before the NHL Department of Player Safety. Analyst P.K. 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