Twitter reaction: Cooke's seven-game suspension
/ Chris NicholsWild forward Matt Cooke has been suspended for kneeing Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie. Video: http://t.co/FmOyHriqkT
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 24, 2025
"SEVEN GAMES??? ARE YOU COMPLETELY STUPID???" - Brendan Shanahan, right now, just to see what it feels like.
— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) April 24, 2025
Seven for Cooke is spineless but not surprising. Welcome to the job, SQ. Rough first couple weeks.
— Paul Stewart (@PaulStewart22) April 24, 2025
I get emotional about those sorts of plays and players. I stand by that I would have given Cooke 50 games. Let the NHLPA gripe.
— Paul Stewart (@PaulStewart22) April 24, 2025
Seven game suspension for Matt Cooke for dirty knee-on-knee hit. Feels right to me. Should knock him out of rest of playoffs for Minny
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) April 24, 2025
Cooke gets seven games for blowing up Barrie's knee. Wisniewski on Clutterbuck - 8 games - was clearly worse. Yes. Clearly worse.
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) April 24, 2025
Seventh career suspension and Cooke gets seven games? Seems awful low. Oh right, he's reformed #NHL
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) April 24, 2025
Matt Cooke has now been suspended 6 times in his career for a total of 34 games.
— Sportsnet Ticker (@SportsnetTicker) April 24, 2025
The lack of suspension for Cooke is why @NHL will remain a fringe sport. The league has to take a zero-tolerance policy. #Avs #AvsVsWild
— Ian St. Clair (@IanStClair) April 24, 2025
Cooke’s apology presser should take place in a voice-activated dunk tank over a vat of acid set for the words “I’m not that kind of player”.
— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) April 24, 2025
He worked hard to change his ways, but no Matt Cooke suspension ever feels like it's enough.
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) April 24, 2025
What does Matt Cooke have to do to get a double digit suspension? Actually, I would rather not even think about it…..
— Tony Marinaro (@TonyMarinaro) April 24, 2025
The NHL needs to make an example of players like Matt Cooke. His track record for injuring players is just way too long
— Joel Forman (@joelthesakic) April 24, 2025
On the Cooke suspension, there is no financial repercussion right now...and only will be, if suspension carries over to regular season.
— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) April 24, 2025
7 games suspension is one of the longest if not the longest for a knee-on-knee in the NHL. Matt Cooke needs to decide if he'll appeal or not
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) April 24, 2025
People who think Matt Cooke should have been banned from the NHL obviously appreciate old mistakes more than reform.
— Josh Bentley (@JOSHbentleyAV) April 24, 2025
#Wild Cooke 7 gms nowhere near the number some were throwing out. Once again #NHL makes it close enough to 2nd guess whether player appeals
— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) April 24, 2025
Duncan Keith and Dustin Brown have longer cheap shot histories than Matt Cooke, it just gets ignored because they are way better players.
— BrowntoBure (@BrowntoBure) April 24, 2025