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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Kicked out of the game for that? I totally disagree.
Cooke hit a guy from behind who was squarely facing the boards. Marchand hit a guy from behind (more of a shove imo) who wasn't facing the boards and who went in at an angle.
Cooke hit a guy from behind when he clearly had time to either slow down and rub the guy into the boards or not hit him at all. He chose to hit him anyways without slowing down.
They were not identical hits and didn't deserve identical punishment. I thought both calls were correct.
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Marchand had all the time in the world to not touch Neal but he still took the time to reach out and bump him in the numbers five feet from the boards
Maybe it's not comparable to Cooke on McQuaid but it was very comparable to Ovechkin on Cambpell (5, a game, 2 game suspension)