Nothing malicious there at all. Hit was a little from behind, but Sedin was incredibly unlucky to be injured on that play given the lack of force behind it and how mentioned earlier how barely from behind it was. We likely see close to half a dozen hits like that each game that don't result in penalties or injuries.
That said, I wouldn't be opposed to the league throwing a couple games Byron's way because I do like making players really think twice along the boards in those situations, except for the fact, that if they did throw him a couple of games it will be because it was a Sedin, and because there was a scary moment, not for the right reasons. And you can bet there would be no consistency moving forward on similar plays, which will make it very frustrating should he get any games.
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