Looks to me like he got his bell rung, was groggy, misjudged the line the ref was skating in and nailed him. The gif looks bad when you take away the entire context of what's happening, and what's what everyone is judging it on. You can tell Wideman was skating on the inside close to the boards, noticed the linesmen skating back towards the boards and moved to get out of the way, but he wasn't smart about it and nailed him.
Totally overreaction by some, especially anyone uses the words shameful and disgusting.
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