Stupid

Some people are just stupid. They don't get it now and they never will.

Some people make stupid mistakes. They learn from the mistake and are better for the experience. They move forward, ever mindful of their error and don't want it to happen again.

Some people are Chris Simon. Chris Simon never learns.

If you missed it, Simon tried to slice one of the Penguins on Saturday night by deliberately stepping down on his boot. You know, Simon was wearing skates? And he tried to Chef Tony his way through the foot of Pittsburgh's Jarkko Ruutu.

The video clearly shows Simon pulling Ruutu's leg out from underneath him with 5:54 left to play. The players were by their respective benches when Simon stepped down onto on the back of Ruutu's leg.

Not only was it a clear intent to injure an opponent, but the five minute penalty meant that the Islanders would be playing shorthanded for the majority of the game while they were down by only one goal with, like I said, 5:54 to play.

Not only is this a slap in the face of the Islanders team itself, but this remarkably bone-headed and dangerous play is twice as bad to Ted Nolan. Nolan and the organization stood by Chris Simon after last year's stick-swinging incident with the Rangers' Ryan Hollweg. They helped him alibi for his actions with the concussion story and brought the guy back after the 25 game suspension that was handed down by the NHL Dean of Boys, Colin Campbell.

It's time to cut the cord and get rid of the guy. He probably has exhausted his popularity in the locker room with this obvious disregard for his opponent and he has embarrassed the Islanders and Ted Nolan, who stood by him when the times got tough last year. Anyone can forgive one incident as being a brain fart. It happens. But what doesn't just happen is a calculated move that is intended to do harm to someone. Simon showed a blatant disregard for Jarkko Ruutu Saturday night.

It's simply time for him to go.