The penalty ended up helping the Islanders, who were able to use the fourth-best penalty killers in the National Hockey League.

That's far better than the current system, in which penalties collected for labor violations end up in the United States Treasury.

Last week, he had a fight with his manager and his team's captain during a match because he wasn't allowed to take a penalty he suffered (and the teammate that did take the penalty ended up scoring), and he was removed from the squad for the following games.