We got us a little streak going here

Yep, 6-3-1 in the last ten now for our boys...and yet, the only thing sticking in my head is that freaking hit on Frans Nielsen and how Colin Campbell deals out his justice from the comfort of the league office.

By now, you know that Mike Mottau only got two games for butt-ending Frans Nielsen in the face the other night in Jersey. Worse was the fact that Mottau was seen laughing about the hit in the penalty box with the arena attendant as they scraped Nielsen off the ice. Oh--and he tore his (ahem) "lower-body" up on the same play and is now out for 8-12 weeks.

The Islanders organization stood up and took the punishment when Thomas Pock was suspended for five games on a play that looked a lot less worse than the mess Mottau made of Nielsen. Pock was not and is not a dirty player but he took his punishment like a man. The Islanders made a point of stating that they do not condone the play and Pock has been out of the lineup since serving this suspension.

Was Mottau's play worse than Pock's? Well, it sure was made worse by the fact that Nielsen hurt is knee on the same play but let's be honest: getting the stick up in anyone's face is not cool at all.

We hear so much about how the players have to turn to themselves to respect their opponents on the ice because the league cannot police them properly. Well, one thing is for sure: Colin Campbell is spineless. If that were his son out there, I am betting Mottau would get more than a little two-game vacation.

Of course, all of this is magnified by two irrefutable factors: one, Mottau was seen laughing in the penalty box while serving his major. Not very respectful--and certainly not the same reaction Doug Weight had when he legally cleaned Brandon Sutter's clock a few weeks back. Weight was concerned for the kid and immediately went over to check on him. Mottau was, as Greg Logan mentions in Newsday, clearly beat by Nielsen on the play and he panicked, putting his hands up high. Last time I checked, getting beat is no excuse for butt-ending a kid across the chops.

That right there eliminates the conspiracy theory some have that the hit on Nielsen was some sort of payback. First off, it clearly wasn't because Nielsen had beaten Mottau. Also, since the Steve Moore case is still pending in the courts, no one this side of Don Cherry is going to order retribution on another player...and no coach is going to have a guy on his team seek revenge for what happened in a different game even if his kid is on that different team.

Colin Campbell, however, needs to wake up. He's been on some weird power kick against the Islanders for years. No one can talk me out of that opinion. An Islander is always going to be dealt with much more sternly than a player from another team. Pock getting five games for what he perpetrated and Mottau getting two for his headhunting is a clear indication of bias.