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Sutton has Shanahan phone hearing tomorrow, big suspension looming?

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011 PAGE EDMONTON, AB. SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 -Andy Sutton of the Edmonton Oilers playing the Calgary Flames at Rexall Place in Edmonton. (SHAUGHN BUTTS/EDMONTON JOURNAL)

Shaughn Butts

Following up on yesterday’s news that Edmonton Oilers defenseman Andy Sutton was suspended indefinitely for a hit on Carolina’s Alexei Ponikarovsky, the NHL has announced Sutton will have a Saturday telephone hearing with league disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan.

Sutton had previously waived his right to an in-person hearing.

Here’s the hit in question:

(FYI: That’s TSN analyst and former NHLer Ray Ferraro saying “the Hurricanes are asking why is this not five [major penalty] and to tell you the truth, I don’t have the answer for you.”)

As we wrote yesterday, Sutton has a lengthy rap sheet of suspendable offenses that’s moved him from “repeat offender” to potential “serial offender” status. That, plus the fact Shanahan offered an in-person hearing, doesn’t bode especially well for the hulking blueliner, according to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun:

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