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Originally Posted by sa226
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What does that even do? I'm pretty sure even the dirtiest of players aren't looking at the 20 games and saying to themselves "Oh boy, Wideman just got 20 games, I should try harder not to hit referees"
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On this train of thought, how much of a joke does this make player vs player suspensions? I've seen some viciously dirty plays in the last 5 years that the NHL has been cracking down on dirty play and they've never, that I can recall, awarded a suspension this long to a player on his first offense.
If I'm in the NHLPA this reeks of "we don't give a #### about player safety, but if you accidentally hit a linesman, and we feel like giving out a suspension because of the optics, then watch out".
Makes me really disgusted with the NHL for their concussion stance. And I don't say that because Wideman was allowed to finish the game. I mean that in terms of the dirty plays they've given tiny suspensions for and embarrassed the league by having no balls. Although maybe this is sweet justice for the NHLPA always protecting the dirty scum players.