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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
No need to call people idiots.
My read of the rule is this:
Minimum of 10 if deliberate physical contact without intent to injure.
Minimum of 20 if deliberate physical contact with intent to injure.
If it is accidental contact, then no penalty.
I don't understand how the league felt he had intent to injure.
I can see how it was an accident, and also see how it could be deemed deliberate physical contact without intent. I don't think either makes me an idiot.
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Watch the video... Wideman did a complete follow through with his hit. It wasn't malicious which is why 20 games seems absurd. But it was most definitely deliberate. Whether or not he was dazed is only relevant when discussing intent to injure.
Accidental contact would be something like if he skated backwards into the ref just like the ref was skating backwards towards him. Not when a very deliberate looking check was made to the back of a ref.
Honestly I think it would of been 10 games if they did proper concussion protocol after the hit. Even if he was fine it would of helped his argument and they would have had a stronger case.