He will be suspended moreso because the Flames didn't pull him back and follow concussion protocol.
It's an optics thing.
If they pulled him to the dressing room, he could have claimed his head was fuzzy.
Because they didn't, they in turn admitted he was coherent, and thus what excuse really do you have to crosscheck a ref from behind?
Weather he was coherent or not, they will defer to the concussion protocol on this one and actually cover their asses.
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