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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
In my mind the league has ruled that it was intentional because, as the plethora of youtube clips prove, they have never suspended for accidental contact. Even in non-hockey plays, like a fight/scrum or the Joseph incident, they have never suspended.
To me the lack of league precedence for suspending accidents, which I think the flames could make a good case this was, should rule out any suspension at all.
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I find it funny some people still think he'll get off without being suspended any games. For it to go through Bettman then to a neutral arbitrator, it'll take at least 1-2 weeks (if it's very expedited) and he'd have already missed a number of games. And there are many examples of suspensions when players have made contact with a ref or have pulled away with force from a ref. The precedent isn't 0 games. With an appeal, it's not all or nothing. 20 games set the bar high and he'll be lucky to argue it down to 10 games.