NHL Reporter Reveals If New Jersey's Timo Meier Will Receive a Punishment from the League For Dirty Hit
Timo Meier hit Martin Necas with a brutal knee-on-knee play on Saturday night, but despite the ejection, he doesn't appear to be facing any more discipline even with some calling for a multiple game suspension on the play.
Saturday night's game between the New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes was their second in as many nights, and unsurprisingly, things got fairly heated throughout the game as Carolina pulled out a huge victory over their fierce Metropolitan Division rivals.
Perhaps the biggest reason for that was the hit from Timo Meier that resulted in a major penalty and a game misconduct, as he took down superstar forward Martin Necas with a knee-on-knee hit.
This hit looked ugly on first viewing, but thankfully Necas was okay and didn't miss a shift in the game, although many believed that given Meier's actions earlier in the year, a suspension could potentially be on the horizon.
However, ESPN's Greg Wyshynski has now confirmed that Meier won't face any further discipline for his part in the play, with the Hurricanes ultimately picking up the win on the back of this play.
Some fans believe that this was all down to embellishment from Necas, who hasn't been known to do that throughout his young NHL career, but without missing a shift, it's easy to see why people believe that.
However, others see the play as a very dangerous one and believe that Necas was lucky to walk away without an injury, especially given the force that Meier put into the play.
Ultimately, any play where this type of collision occurs can lead to serious injury, so thankfully no one involved was hurt, but it appears that the league have made the right call by not handing out any further discipline to the Devils veteran.
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DECEMBRE 29 | 125 ANSWERS NHL Reporter Reveals If New Jersey's Timo Meier Will Receive a Punishment from the League For Dirty Hit Should Timo Meier have been suspended for this hit? | ||
| Yes | 87 | 69.6 % |
| No | 38 | 30.4 % |
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