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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
Now you say initial slash but I was talking about his second slash which obviously is not self defense. Slashing your stick is a dangerous precedent; All Kessel had to do is skate away and his actions would have been justified. There is never a justifiable reason to swing your stick we have had some major injuries in the past due to stick swinging and one death I believe.
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I've said that his following slashes were out of line in numerous posts.
Kessel wasn't given the opportunity to skate away. Scott didn't say 'excuse me sir would you oblige me in fisticuffs?' He dropped his gloves and went after him. He may have been able to escape just by skating, but Scott's hand is on his arm when that first slash is delivered, so he's not exactly out of grasp. You have the right to defend yourself, and in my opinion that first slash was not excessive as self defense.