Its what I would call a preventative suspension. It prevents certain craziness in Montreal from the fans and from the Montreal players, they think justice is served.
This is equivalent to a 4 game suspension in the regular season which is excessively harsh for a I think first time offender.
Especially on a hit that most of the free world see's as a nasty but clean hit.
While its certainly not a death knoll for hockey it does call the NHL discipline head's integrity into question. As a Flames fan I can certainly say that as Matt Stajan took two brutal blatent head shots this year and Shanny did nothing.
This is certainly not a just suspension and Ottawa should be absolutely livid about this an so should the NHLPA.
Melnyk and the Sens coaches and players should be willing to take fines to blast this decision.
The press should cleverly title the article "The Montreal Screw Job Part 2" Starring Shanny as Vince McMahon.
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