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Originally Posted by HartAttack
Haven't read all the back and forth banter here... But I agree with what Kessel did.
If a goon came at me in beer league the same way Scott did, first thing I'd be doing is swinging that stick like a 9 iron. Then, once my buddies (hopefully) jump in and corral him, I'd give him one more just for good measure. Then I'd chirp him as there's no need for a goon to come out and try and pummel a small (not very) skilled forward like me for no reason.
Good on Kessel, and good on Shanny for "suspending" him to make the poor optics of doing nothing go away.
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Given Scott never "pummeled" Kessel, you are making a giant assumption on what would have happened to justify Kessel's response.
As one of the folks on the radio said this morning, the Sabers totally over reacted to what occured on the shift before, they acted like a small guy on there team got jumped, which isn't the case. But on the flip side, Kessel was also allowed to get away with a bunch of crap that he shouldn't have after the fact.
Sabers / Scott miss read a situation and acted innappropriately, Kessel acted like a little puss after Scott (who never actually touched him) was well under control. Both actions were less than ideal.
Also, to awesome that you referred to yourself as as a beer league "skilled forward", that made my day
