Dear Colin Campbell: Your Reward for Incompetence

Back on February 11th, the Penguins and Islanders engaged themselves in a battle of the ages. In the melee, the Islanders showed just what type of world class organization they are, or at very least the players showed what world class athletes they are. 

For the league, it was a clear black eye, and one everyone felt even Colin Campbell couldn't screw up. He did. The largest suspension given was to Eric Goddard, an automatic 10 game suspension for leaving the bench. Gillies got what amounts to about an 18 minute penalty with a nine game suspension. 

As our friends at the SBNation NHL hub note, Gillies learned nothing.

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The hit is clearly suspendable, which of course means Gillies won't be. The question should be for how long, and yet every NHL fan knows, the real question is: Will Colin Campbell pull his head from his nether regions and actually do something, or is it just "playing with passion?"

Clutterbuck returned to the game, but reports have him not feeling well afterwards. Any injury to Clutterbuck is as much on the shoulders of Colin Campbell as it is Trevor Gillies.

Thanks, Coli. Another job well done.