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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Yeah, I think he would have hit anybody or anything in his way. He wasn't consciously thinking, hey now's my chance to hit an official. Still it looks bad and the NHL will need to suspend him for some games, if only for reputations sake. The general US media have no love for hockey and are quick to label it barbaric.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/w...e-wideman-hit/ |
I'm trying to put it like this to some of my friends who want the NHL to end Wideman's career,
How many times have you been caught looking at your phone and a person pops right in front of you. Heck even a door/wall catches you off guard if you aren't paying attention to whats directly infront of you. I know I've been caught a couple times looking at my phone and had the same result.
Wideman may have just had tunnel vision on the ice and a split second later Henderson/Preds player are all in the vicinity of him and it become a series of unfortunate events.