FWIW I think a 20 game suspension would be far too light if the act were in fact deliberate as the NHL claims. I would say at least a 41 game ban for any player without prior history or a full 82 for a repeat offender. And I am not a blind hater of Bettman and the NHL, but I think their supplemental discipline process continues to be a joke.
I also think there should be at the very least a fine, if not 1 game suspension for any unnecessary contact with an official - see Wideman, Weber, Muzzin, Smith, Lucic and Joseph. It would require a small amount of common sense to see that the Bollig/Henderson incident wouldn't warrant anything (Bollig does everything possible to avoid contact with the official), but it seems that kind of common sense is hard to find.
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