Head down or not is completely irrelevant. Just like football is now protecting vulnerable players, even on clean hits, so is hockey protecting players from head shots.
Although the clip only has 1 angle and it isn't totally clear, it looked to me like the head was the primary point of contact. That's suspendable. Wasn't really dirty but that hit isn't allowed anymore under the rules. You can't smoke a vulnerable player in the head. Simple as that.
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