Adam Mair loses cool

by David Oleksy on Oct 28, 2008 6:04 PM EDT

I seen the video of Adam Mair going to the Ottawa Senators locker room this morning and I didn't think much of it. Apparently it has become even bigger news than I thought it would be . If you aren't sure what happened than go over and watch the video.

Adam Mair took exception with something that was done by a Senators player, one theory is that player was Chris Neil and the other theory is that it was Jarkko Ruuttuu. It makes more sense that it was Ruuttuu because he was in an altercation with Sabres pest Patrick Kaleta and he refused to get off of him. I'm only sepeculating that he was after Ruuttuu and not Neil.

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun posted a blog about the incident and implies that Mair will likely get a suspension. It also appears that Senators coach Craig Hartsburg is calling for a suspension.

"They have to look it for sure and I'm sure they will. To be running down the hallway after the other team is not a good thing," said Hartsburg this morning. "They'll reviewed it all and the right thing will be done. But, it's obviously not a good situation."

I can understand why they wouldn't want a confrontation to occur in the hallway but the reality is that nothing happened. I may be playing the role of homer but I don't think any suspension is warranted. The league allows plenty to go on while on the ice and this is an irrelevant situation that can be handled with a talking to and a fine.

I finally found the Youtube video of the incident so check it out for yourself.

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What discipline should Adam Mair face for going to the Ottawa locker room to confront an Ottawa player

None...it was harmless

25 votes

Suspended for one game...teach him a lesson

9 votes

Suspended numerous games...there is no place for this behaviour in the NHL

3 votes

He should pay a fine

8 votes

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Man this sucks

I am a huge Mair fan, my dad has went to dinner and breakfast with him and his ~~wife~~ ex wife and I have talked to him and there really couldn’t be a nicer guy off the ice…I love his effort and will be truely dissapointed if there is a suspension…I like him lookin out for his team mates though and not taking any crap from Ottawa

how is Rivet, haven’t heard anything about his surgery?

by Lion Alum on Oct 29, 2008 8:18 AM EDT reply actions

Suspension...

doesn’t that seem a little much. I understand that Mair called said man out but the other guy came out of the locker room as well. He was even walking toward Mair I thinking the whole thing was blown way out! “running down the hallway”…..please!

by HO on Oct 29, 2008 9:35 AM EDT reply actions

Suspension

I really don’t think he’ll be suspended for this although I would expect a fine. If he does get a suspension it won’t be for more than a game. In the grand scheme of things it was worth it for Mair to prove his point. Anyone else find it funny that he went after Ruttuu for not fighting his own battles and we have Kaleta who is very similar.

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by David Oleksy on Oct 29, 2008 9:59 AM EDT reply actions

I think the fine is fin— er, appropriate. Granted, nothing really happened (and given the players involved, we can all probably understand Mair’s fury), but this is just one of those slippery slope things: Gotta set a zero-tolerance standard for things happening off the ice, or it could get crazy.

… unless they started allowing WWF-style storylines behind the scenes. Then by all means, bring the fight to the hallways! (But in that case, mic the players better.)

SBN now has a NY Islanders blog at LighthouseHockey.com.

by Dominik on Oct 29, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions