Veteran Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault is taking aim at the National Hockey League, saying they're failing to protect players from cheapshots and dirty hits.
"Player safety my ass," Perreault said Thursday following his team's practice at Bell MTS Place.
Perreault, 32, was spitting fire after receiving a blatant elbow to the head by Vancouver's Jake Virtanen in Tuesday's 4-0 victory by the Jets. There was no penalty on the play, nor was Virtanen called on the carpet by the league for a hearing. He also wasn't fined.
And that isn't sitting well with Perreault, who already missed a stretch of games earlier this season after Philadelphia's Joel Farabee caught him with a blindside head shot.