It's the pressure from the media (mostly American) that forces these suspensions. If you watch any coverage ESPN gives these type of incidents they always say that the book should be thrown at the offender. Whether or not they know what a clean hit really is, they always look at the end result (a bad injury in this case), and say the guy should be suspended for multiple games. Shanny used to be make better decisions, but now he is acting too much as a reactionary, and is pressured into making wrong calls (straight down for Bettman I'd imagine).
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