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Originally Posted by Resurrection
Further to my above post, it seems the PA is still banging the drum that this was a pure accident due to concussion. I have to wonder how an arbitrator can cut it down the middle. How do you accept the PA's argument it was an accident caused by a medical incident, yet, still punish him 10 games which is a very heft suspension? Doesn't jive. Either you believe it was an accident or you don't. He should have tossed out the entire suspension if he really believed it to be an accident.
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The ruling follows the NHL's guidelines in punishment. They found that Wideman intentionally struck the linesman (10 games according to the rules) but did not intend injury (the additional 10 games). It's the arbitrator's opinion that Wideman while concussed saw a body and angrily pushed it, but had no intent to injure the linesman
Edit: my god my posts are a spell checked mess