Gotta answer dirt with dirt.
Playoff spot clinched, against potential first round matchup? Take the supplemental discipline, soften them up.
I'm usually a stringently by the book guy, but it is obvious the league is not going to do a thing about the lopsided penalties. for 75 games the Flames haven't been able to push back against that because it would jeopardize a playoff spot. But now? Right now? Get some swagger back in your game and answer stick work with stick work, even if it means you lose the game.
Let Kesler play through a broken wrist in the first round, see how he likes the slashes then. If it costs Alex Chiasson a 2 game suspension and Freddy Hamilton or Hathaway get some warmup minutes before the playoffs, so be it. Let the NHL enforce the rules if they want to.
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