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Originally Posted by KipperFaNaTic
Initially, I thought Wideman had intent; but after seeing the other camera angle from TSN, my opinion has undergone a complete 180. In the other (overhead) camera angle, Wideman bumps into the referree and then extends his arms and pushes him. In the familiar from-the-back angle, when Wideman bumps into the linesman, it looks like one complete motion with him pushing afterwards; hence, why it looks so violent.
This makes alot of sense. Wideman in his career hasn't been known as a dirty player. The only incident that I can think of where he walked along the line would be when he jumped Kesler; but that, imo, was moreso Kesler than Wideman.
Also, does it make any sense that Wideman would skate half the ice to deliver a violent crosscheck to a linesman, when its well-known to not even lay a finger on them?
The more I think about it, the more it's painfully obvious that it was incidental and an overreaction from some people (and understandably so), due to the misleading, initial camera angle.
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Completely agree. It looks intentional in the angle we saw intially, but in the other angle (thanks for mentioning that, found it and linked below), it does look like he tries to pull up. It's at about 56 seconds in.
http://www.tsn.ca/video/did-wideman-...purpose~796476