There seems to be a lot of hate for Sheffield here, whilst i'll never defend them, the issue is as follows:
Hicks made a mess of the game with non calls.
Fretter felt the need to take matters into his own hands.
DOPS has failed to punish him accordingly.
Fretter won't be the first or certainly not the last person to seek their own retribution for an incident that occurs like this, so i agree with Simmsey's comments - He shouldn't have done it but it's pretty obvious why he did.
If a player like Goulakos can run about cheap shotting all game with no call then for the sake of a 1 game ban where Goulakos will miss 5+ with concussion, what Fretter did is 100% worth while doing.
The issue is not "sheffield did this, did that", it is simply that if players are going to deliberately injure others then they must be punished accordingly to stamp that behaviour out- something that DOPS have failed to do.
Heck if this kind of incident draws a 1 game ban and i was a Devils coach i'd be sending 90% of our team out to target the leagues best players to deliberately injure them, what's a 1 game ban when the other player is injured for more?
Hicks made a mess of the game with non calls.
Fretter felt the need to take matters into his own hands.
DOPS has failed to punish him accordingly.
Fretter won't be the first or certainly not the last person to seek their own retribution for an incident that occurs like this, so i agree with Simmsey's comments - He shouldn't have done it but it's pretty obvious why he did.
If a player like Goulakos can run about cheap shotting all game with no call then for the sake of a 1 game ban where Goulakos will miss 5+ with concussion, what Fretter did is 100% worth while doing.
The issue is not "sheffield did this, did that", it is simply that if players are going to deliberately injure others then they must be punished accordingly to stamp that behaviour out- something that DOPS have failed to do.
Heck if this kind of incident draws a 1 game ban and i was a Devils coach i'd be sending 90% of our team out to target the leagues best players to deliberately injure them, what's a 1 game ban when the other player is injured for more?