I think they both deserve some blame. Why does it have to be 100% one of their faults. Ty should know by now to keep his head up and Hjalmarsson could have kept his arms close to his body and used his hip and shoulder to make contact to the side of Rattie instead of the head and still had a huge hit. Not to mention a bit of restraint as it is a skater in a vulnerable position in the pre-season. I dont think it was intentional at all and maybe a case of pre-season rust/carelessness. I doubt he makes that kind of hit in the finals.
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