NHL Suspension Blotter: One Big One In, Another Bigger One Coming

• Detroit Red Wings:  Gustav Nyquist got off light here.

Jared Spurgeon of the Minnesota Wild got a stick blade right in the mouth in retaliation for an attempted cross-check.  Nyquist was summoned for the in-person meeting, meaning 6+ games, waived it.

He was suspended six games today after a phone hearing, and, if you see the shot Spurgeon took, should've been 10.

Of course, that's about half what another player might be expecting.

• Anaheim Ducks:  Antoine Vermette.

This might be more the 20-game variety, but he slashed a referee lightly in the leg and got immediately tossed.

Word is he's probably looking at 10 when the announcement comes tomorrow.