This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.

Yeah, we're going to talk a lot about Morgan Riley today,

in person hearing tomorrow in New York City for the hit on Ridley Greg

You knew that you saw that you have opinions on that it's one of those moments where

It's something that happens within the game or in this case after a whistle that you can't help but have an

opinion on and of course they're going to be lines drawn between fan bases, obviously.

Ottawa fans see that scenario one way, Toronto Maple East fans see it another way.

I will submit as always if the roles were

reversed. I think the opinions would be reversed if you're a Maple Leaves fan or

an Ottawa Senators fan. Consider what would be the thoughts if you replaced Ridley Gregg with

Matthew Nies and you replace Morgan Riley with Brady Kacuck

discuss amongst yourselves as honestly as you can if you would still hold the same opinion

or if your opinion would differ from the one that we've seen on social media going

back to Saturday evening when this happened.

This is probably one of those scenarios, and I'm going to oversimplify it here in a couple of seconds.

Elliot Friedman is coming up here in a couple of moments.

I'll oversimplify it.

How can we relate to this one?

So have you ever sent a tweet that made you feel good

for about five seconds and then you said to yourself I've just set

myself up for a month's worth of pain and aggravation and nuisance. Why did I do that? Oh yeah, it felt good for those five seconds when I did it.

For Morgan Riley, it probably felt really good the moment that it hit Ridley Greg but now there's an in-person hearing it could cost the Maple Leafs over five games and it could cost them a playoff spot or at least put a playoff spot in jeopardy or at least make it tougher for the Toronto Maple Leafs to get a

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