Ruutu bites Peters

[V-HAB]

Opinions? Suspension worthy?

[Carson!]

lol

he's just going to get a fine

lol

[V-HAB]

Maybe, but what do you think he actually deserves?

[V-HAB]

The NHL is reviewing whether to discipline Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu for biting Buffalo Sabres forward Andrew Peters through his gloved thumb during a game.

NHL spokesman Frank Brown says in an e-mail Wednesday that the league reviews everything and added if a suspension is warranted it would be announced before the Senators game at Boston on Thursday.

The force of Ruutu’s bite ripped Peters’ glove off and broke the skin on the player’s right thumb. It happened in the first period of Buffalo’s 4-2 win Tuesday night when Peters forcefully rubbed the palm of his glove into Ruutu’s face at the Senators bench.

Ruutu denied that he bit Peters despite replays showing he chomped down on the player’s glove.

sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-ruutusbite&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Carson!]

yeah, I do think it is suspension worthy, but if history is behind him he will only get a fine. I think it's kinda funny, but it's very Avery-like, which is a shame. But I only find it funny because if you ever see Rutuu on the bench, he's always chomping on his jersey.

[Carson!]

He got 2 games. It would have been 1 had he not elbowed Lapierre in the face earlier this season. It's his second suspension worthy offence this season.

[V-HAB]

Well I'm glad the league took disciplinary action on this. You can't let the players go around biting each other, that's just getting ridiculous.

[Carson!]

Yeah, Well, the agitator Rutuu is, I guess he figured if someone is going to shove his glove is his face, he should bite it.