He won't be banned by the IIHF but after the bronze medal game he will have a 3 game ban still to serve and only regulation IIHF games count, not even exhibition. So the point was would a coach really want to add him to the team knowing he'll miss 3 out of 4 round-robin games next year? Further, if he makes the NHL next year and is unavailable for the junior team will this ban continue on in perpituity. Let's say the Islanders miss the playoffs and he is up for the World Championships, would that coach take him knowing he'll miss 3 round robin games especially considering how those players always talk about how tired they are? If you carry this logic far enough you could argue he'll never make another IIHF team.

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It's an interesting scenario. I would think it pertains to WJHC specifically.

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No, I just think it will be tough for Canada to pick a guy who can't play for half the tournament. The Jenner situation this year wasn't ideal but he'd been selected before the suspension.

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Wow, guys.

He may not have intended to do it, and it MAY have ridden up the other guys' stick...but at the end of the day, it was a two-handed slash to the head region.

Reinhart is lucky the other guy wasn't hurt seriously. I just saw it on Sportscentre and couldn't believe that people think he shouldn't have been suspended.

This is entirely justifiable, and the whining coming from Canadian coaches, brass, players, and fans about it is ridiculous.

I've also heard that Marty McSorley only meant to tap Brashear on the shoulder pad, and missed. Maybe we should go back in time and take back all the bad things we said about McSorley too.

Reinhart will miss the bronze medal game...probably won't play in another World Juniors bc he'll be with the Isles next year..and I guess will serve the suspension in a World Championship down the road.

Take care of your own stick. Quit making excuses.

Comparing this to McSorley is awfully silly.

A somewhat similar incident happened with PMB in the Wild opener last year. Slashed Clavert off of a faceoff. Intended to hit him in the hands but hit his stick rode up Calvert's and into Calvert's face instead. PMB received a two game suspension, but his slash caused Calvert to bleed and lose some teeth as well. It wasn't overly vicious though, but still was a reckless play.

I agree - not even remotely similar situations. I don't see anyone whining here either. Some good exchange of opinions (including some that think a suspension is warranted) and some insight into how this could impact his future.

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Worthy of being suspended in my opinion, probably would have given him a game less, but suspending him was the right call.

Oh, I agree. And I made it solely for effect.

These are very, very different issues...but the point I was trying to make is that you can justify any suspension by saying the player didn't mean to do something, but that fate or bad luck (for lack of a better term) made it happen.

Another guy said this was a good "exchange of opininons", but when I wrote my comment I saw maybe one guy say there should have been a suspension.

Most comments basically said they couldn't believe Reinhart was getting hosed with a four-game ban...that the IIHF was just trying to flex its muscles.

At the end of it all, its Reinhart's stick swinging, and its his stick contacting the other player in the face. He's responsible for that.

It looked really bad - injury or not.

I have no issue with the four games.

No worries. He was pretty brutal all tournament.

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