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Old 02-25-2013, 07:33 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by moon View Post
Why have an automatic rule if it isn't automatic? Seems to me that if the punishment is automatic then there isn't room for interpretation but I guess their really isn't anyone to appeal the suspension for it to be more.
Automatic if you believe Clowe jumped off the bench and was not on a line change. What this situation is clearly indicating is that whether a player was legitimately on a line change or not is debatable. The league obviously landed on the fact that either they fully believe Clowe was on a legit line change, or they believe there was enough evidence for them to believe that Clowe thought he made a legit line change, thus the reduction of the suspension.
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