Even if the knee on knee was intentional and/or dirty, which it doesn’t look like it, the evil part of me thinks it’s almost fair after what he did here. That’s taking a YES page out of the Pronger school of YES physics…er…hitting.

Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 01/29/10 at 11:16 PM ET

If NHL justice was… ya know, just… he’d get a game or two. Based on the lack of injury, I expect nothing will be done.

Posted by false_cause from DC on 01/29/10 at 11:24 PM ET

Ugly play. I’d want to see the whole shift before judging any potential intent. The guy said Green had been hit earlier in the shift and was retaliating. If so, that seems suspendible.

Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 01/30/10 at 12:44 AM ET

I completely agree with False Cause. Like they said in the video, it was one of the worst elbows we’ve seen all season, but since he’s a star and Frolik wasn’t injured, the worst Green will get is a fine.

Posted by Kstewy16 on 01/30/10 at 01:08 AM ET

Not suspending Green for such a blatant elbow, will once again send a message through the hockey world that the caliber of offending player and severity of resulting injury will determine the punishment, rather than an objective look at the offense itself.

Little in recent NHL history would suggest any objectivity when considering suspensions.  Unfortunately.  I remain optimistic that one day the NHL will hold itself to a higher standard when considering such actions.

Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 01/30/10 at 02:22 AM ET

I think it’s worse that Green had both hands on his stick when he elbowed Frolik. Having both arms gripping the stick can give the elbow quite a bit more force than if he’d just stuck his arm up.

Posted by Muero on 01/30/10 at 02:44 AM ET

I don’t know how anyone can not see this as anything but dirty.  I love green, but this hit was so blatent, there is pretty much no defence for it.  There was intent, and its pretty obvious that he got his elbow up on purpose and well ahead of the hit

Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 01/30/10 at 03:43 AM ET

“I didn’t mean to elbow him. I might have got it up. I thought it was my shoulder.”

I always wondered if maybe Mike Green wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but now he can’t tell his elbow from his shoulder?  I’m going to be significantly angrier when he doesn’t get suspended for this.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 01/30/10 at 08:38 AM ET

Green must believe it wasn’t on tape, or he believes we are all stupid, and he is smart enough to dupe the world. What a crack up quote! Funny, hey mikey, that’s a good one! Ya didn’t mean to elbow his face! Har har hee hee hee!

Posted by Gunnar from Ada, MI on 01/30/10 at 08:46 AM ET

There goes his Vezina nomination.

Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 01/30/10 at 09:19 AM ET

alex ovec got suspended this year for knee on knee and this was much worse. i would like to see a 7-game.

Posted by Blueshirts!!! on 01/30/10 at 09:48 AM ET

The elbow was blatant .

The knee on knee was incidental to the shoulder check that Kulikov threw right into Green’s chest. The only problem I seen with that hit was that Kulikov might’ve left his feet. But there was no intent to injure or any kind of extension of his leg to stop Green. The knees just came together after the big hit, the difference was Kulikov was the kneecap and Green’s was from the side, so his gave out.
The worst part about the incident was listening to Benanti & Laughlin cry, because when it’s Ovechkin everybody gets mad but this was okay.  Wah, Wah WAh. STFU!!
This hit was nothing like the ones that Ovechkin threw, he stuck his leg and knee out when he got beat going the wrong way. That absolutely didn’t happen here.

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 01/30/10 at 11:38 AM ET

Suspended for 3 games.

Posted by PDXwing on 01/30/10 at 12:55 PM ET

Wow.  any update on how his knee’s doing?  Lemme guess, he’s day-to-day with an injury anyway so he’s not missing any games he already wouldn’t have?

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 01/30/10 at 02:24 PM ET

“I thought it was my shoulder”?? 

Really Mike?  Why don’t you and your douchebag fauxhawk go run headfirst into a wall, because I’m sure that’s how Frolick felt when you “shouldered” him.  Douche.

Posted by Scott from New York on 01/30/10 at 05:44 PM ET