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Originally Posted by Wolven
Which is why Kessel probably won't get a suspension at all.
The whole thing went down in under 5 seconds and it was all a result of Scott going after Kessel. People might not like how Kessel defended himself but the whole thing can be summed up as Kessel defending himself against a goon.
Personally, I think it is BS that people think Kessel should have evacuated the faceoff circle because Scott told him what was going to happen. So now all people have to do to win a faceoff is say "I'm going to beat you up" and wait for the other guy to run away when the puck drops. Lame.
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you're completely ignoring the additional slashes and the skate in and spear. Kessel was no longer defending himself he became the aggressor and was using the lumber. That can't be justified under the current rules.
Its more up to his team mates then anything else. We were driven batschmit crazy last year when the Flames would have their goalie run or another player run and nobody would do anything.
As soon as Scott made his threat, then the simple answer is that Kessel lets his team mate know and swtiches positions in the face off with another player.
You can't swing your stick like a lumberjack like that especially aiming for the ankle area.
Scott was certainly an a$$ for attempting to retaliate for the earlier fight, but at that point he didn't really do anything wrong.