I'm not questioning Marchand's suspension. My concern is that there was no call on the Crosby play. No review at the Player Safety level. No first-offence discussion with Crosby. No media coverage of Crosby, etc etc.
Also, this isn't the first time Crosby's done something like this over the years. If he was treated like everyone else, this would be at least his second or third suspendable offence (not even counting when he chopped a guy's finger off just a few games before this, and then got pissed off when people were asking him about it).
The reason Crosby doesn't have a prior history is literally because of the double standard, so using his lack of history to defend him not getting suspended is a significantly flawed approach to this conversation.
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