'I Take More Beatings Now Than I Ever Did On The Ice': NHL Department of Player Safety George Parros Speaks on Handing Out Suspensions Like Maple Leafs' Discipline of Morgan Rielly

It isextremely rare when George Parros speaks publicly about his job in handing down suspensions but he spent some time with TSN's Gino Reda at the NHL GM meetings in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday.

This season, Parros handed out a five-game suspension to Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly, after the player cross-checked Ottawa forward Ridly Greig after he took a slap shot into an open net.

Parros has heard criticism of that and other calls since he became the NHL's lead disciplinarian. 

"I take more beatings now than I ever did on the ice, I'll tell you that much," Parros joked.

Parros spent nine seasons in the NHL where he amassed 1092 penalty minutes. On Sept. 7, 2017, he was named the Senior Vice President of NHL Player Safety. He met with NHL GMs on Tuesday to catch up with GMs about where the game is at from a safety perspective. He also explained his process for how suspensions are handed out.

"It's tough and there's a lot of nuance involved in it," Parros said. "Our goal is consistency and we have a single process that we follow.

"We track these things all year long an we look at 1000 clips a year. When something happens on the ice we can recall from either memory or our database that we've collected along the way that allow us to look at similar plays and we try to act and react in a consistent manner."