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>In my opinion, this is equal to a slap on the wrist. <
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>The guy gets rough with a camera man and then hardly gets anything done to him. Of course he files an appeal so he can still play while the appeal is
ing processed. This of course makes him eligible for the All-Star game. Since he makes the All-Star team, his fine is paid for with the bonus that comes with it. If that wasn't enough, he STILL gets paid during his actual suspension period. That's not a punishment.... that's a FREAKING VACATION. Absolutely pathetic. It's almost like he is getting rewarded for what he did. Does anyone else find this completely unfair?<
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I wasn't aware he was still being paid during the suspension...that pretty well makes it pathetically stupid. I could understand a 20-game unpaid suspension along with the $50,000 fine, but factor in that the fine is cancelled out by the $50,000 bonus he's getting for the All-Star game, and his only punishment is that he doesn't get his All-Star bonus.<
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>Not that this is a knock on Rogers, because frankly I never had anything against the guy...but this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Whoever thought up this "punishment" should be fed to mutant tarantulas along with Bettman and Bob Badenow. <i></i>

I know.... Someone must have pulled a lot of strings to get that to happen. <
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