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Originally Posted by mikephoen
I'm assuming none of the people raging about the Tkachuk elbow ever watched Messier or Howe play. Howe elbowed someone worse than that on an average shift. Messier usually did it to guys who didn't even have the puck and weren't looking. It was a 2 minute minor penalty, nothing more.
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Yeah but they played in an era where there were no replays. Hell even back in the 80s not every game was televised. Messier and Risebrough would have been suspended over a 100 games.
You can't get away with that crap anymore. Tkachuk will get a game.