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Originally Posted by transplant99
I highly doubt that Scott would have ever even punched Kessel...in fact Rob Ray was on the fan this AM and said as much....that Scott said to Kessel "Phil i have to grab you, i wont urt you but i have to do something with you"...or something similar. To which Kessel said "OK then"...which is where the nonsense came from in regards to the report that Kessel agreed to fight him, that was definately not the case.
Again though, Kessell had other option than turning into Tommy Tomahawk with his stick. Start skating away the second Scott tells him...line up 3- steps back for the puck drop...skate like hell right to the bench....all of which would be preferable to endangering everyone around the melee with wildly swinging a piece of lumber at temple level in an attempt to injure someone.
The precedent is set now though.....if you are an NHL player and are afraid of a guy trying to engage you, start swinging like a chandelier on the titanic. The most you will receive punishment wise is missing 3 meaningless games, 2 of which you were not slated to play anyhow.
Brilliant....and probably leads to all kinds of issues this season so the morons in the justice system are forced to get the whole thing right.
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And you'd take him at his word? If a giant known for fighting said to me, I have to grab you, don't worry I won't hit you though.. I'd say get the F away from me.