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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
This is exactly how I saw it, if you watch the video he quickly turns his focus on a different player when he realizes Kessel doesn't want to drop the gloves. I thought he had lots of time to grab Kessel if he wanted to.
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1) Scott doesn't change focus until #25 grabs him. It had nothing to do with him "quickly changing focus" and everything to do with somebody becoming an achor and interfering with his intended goal. Once the dim light clues in and he is throwing his first punch straight into 25's face before 37 can get in to try to subdue the thug.
Had 25 (Brennan) not intervened, those punches were all for Kessel.
2) Scott didn't have enough time to grab Kessel and he obviously wanted to because he kept reaching for Kessel and not getting a grip on him. It had nothing to do with some notion that Scott is a nice guy and didn't really mean to go after Kessel, Kessel's speed and agility were too good for Scott to control and pummel.
You guys are giving Scott waaaaaay too much credit.
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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Watch it in slow-mo...Scott has both hands on his stick and is looking at the face-off dot until Kessel's glove touches him...he has pretty lightning quick glove removal skills though.
We'll never know what Scott was going to do if left unprovoked...I'm guessing a nasty gloves on punch or cross-check, but he didn't appear poised to chuck his gloves and start pummelling.
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Everyone knows what Scott was going to do. That's why the Sabres' coach was fined. This isn't a mystery to befuddle people, judgement was passed already.