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Originally Posted by moon
Resolute already said it in this thread or another but Hartley likely will (and should) get a fine because Westgarth had his gloves off before the puck even hit the ice.
The League wants to get rid of staged fighting and Westgarth going after Bieksa less than a second in was the clearest indication this was a staged fight.
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That's an awful reason to fine a coach. Because one player dropped his gloves too soon? Happens all the time. Westgarth didn't take any cheapshots at Bieksa like Kassian did to Bouma later in the game either. There was absolutely zero intent to injure by the Flames shown here
If Hartley gets a fine it's going to be one of those $5000 dollar fines that the coach gets back at the end of the season anyways. Tortorella will be punished way more severely