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Originally Posted by Titan
...If it was intentional, if the NHL actually thought that Wideman formulated a plan to hit a linesman, saw his opportunity, and took the chance to run a linesman from behind and cross check him in the upper back, then he should be gone forever should he not?
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No. It does not have to have been premeditated to have been intentional. It could have been a reactionary response borne of an instance of frustration. It is still a deliberate action to hit an unsuspecting recipient from behind, but not one that was formulated and planned beforehand.