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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
The difference between the kronwall and hamhuis hit is light and day. Kronwall planned his hit and launches his body upward into the TB player. The TB player tries to dodge the hit and Kronwall extends both his arms across the other guys face. The velocity, viciousness and danger of the Kronwall hit is 10x the hamhuis hit.
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I would agree had the officials called it right at the time and assessed a 5 min major. Instead they gave out a 2 min minor, which IMO wasn't enough. He should have at least been fined so it would have been officially added to his history. NHL dropped the ball.
I my world, I give Kronwall a 3-4 game suspension and Hamhuis gets 1 game. Don't see why playoff games are weighted differently or why the injury status of the victim matters so much. You know if Kucherov was hurt like Horton a few years ago, Kronwall would've been gone for 3 or 4 games.