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Originally Posted by moon
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.
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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.