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Originally Posted by nik-

There's the video of him skating in the direction of the linesman and then hammering him. I would guess they have that justification.

What Carcillo did was worse than Wideman, by far. That's the point. He skated up to the linesman, intending to do what he did. Wideman, I find that close to impossible to argue. At the very most, Wideman mistook the linesman for someone else, and shoved.