Wisniewski, Staubitz Suspended

by Matt Wagner on Sep 24, 2011 11:46 AM EDT

ST PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 23: James Wisniewski #21 and Cody Bass #32 of the Columbus Blue Jackets fight with Chay Genoway #65 of the Minnesota Wild at the end of the third period on September 23, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

The NHL has announced that both James Wisniewski and Brad Staubitz have been suspended, pending a hearing with NHL disclipinarian Brendan Shanahan.

Staubitz was ejected from the game yesterday after a hit on Jackets' forward Cody Bass, while Wiz was given a penalty for an illegal check to the head after he retaliated against Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck following a questionable hit on defense partner Fedor Tyutin.

While the hit by Wisniewski didn't seem terribly severe from the feed last night, Shanahan has been cracking down on the enforcement of the revised boarding and head shot rules with the suspensions to Jody Shelley and Pierre-Luc Letorneau-Leblond. It's entirely possible that Wiz may miss the remainder of the pre-season, and given his status as a repeat offender, I would not be shocked for him to receive a 5-10 game suspension, similar to the Shelley penalty.

It's a line we knew we might walk with Wiz's history of physical play, and while I wish we'd have Wiz for the remaining pre-season games, I am still pleased that he stuck up for a teammate - just not at this cost.

Edit: Wisniewski's hearing will take place Monday.

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Just gonna go ahead and guess rest of preseason and one or two regular season games. Hit cant be that bad as it did not cuase injury (which is put into the equation) and it has barely been talked about by anyone. He has a history though so it will be interesting.
Still kills me to see all these guys get suspended but the dirtiest of them all (Cooke) walks free after ended the career of a star. Absolutely horrible. I know rule wasnt there, but a big part of me just knows Cooke is going to end another career

by cbjfan14 on Sep 24, 2011 12:39 PM EDT reply actions

I agree – I hope, sincerely, he turns over a new leaf, but I still worry.

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by Matt Wagner on Sep 24, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, I asked Jackets’ VP of communications and he was under the impression Wisniewski will have a phone hearing with Brendan Shanahan – that’s generally a good sign. Suspensions over 5 regular season games require an in-person hearing, so with luck we won’t see him miss too much time.

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by Matt Wagner on Sep 24, 2011 2:33 PM EDT reply actions

The best part of this is at least we will get an explanation of the suspension. Really, really like the new format Shanahan has put in place explaining his decision. And we will actually get to see the hit so that will be nice as well.

by cbjfan14 on Sep 24, 2011 7:42 PM EDT reply actions

Indeed. Looking forward to it, in a way.

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by Matt Wagner on Sep 24, 2011 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

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