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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I don't think that's on MacDermid at all. Kase is coming straight down the middle of the ice and just across the blue line. That's an area where a forward should expect a defenseman to step up in order to keep them out of a high danger scoring area. So what does Kase do? He dumps the puck off to the wing and then stares at his pass, looking away from the defender who had already moved toward him. If he had even the slightest bit of awareness, he would have angled away from the check, or at least looked back in his direction after he makes the pass.
It's a stupid play by Kase. MacDermid was doing his job and the end result was terrible obviously, but that's a hockey play that went wrong because the attacker wasn't aware of anything around him. The only reason to suspend MacDermid would be for incidental contact to the head. I don't think it's a predatory hit in any way. Just a hard hockey play that Kase is probably not expecting.
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You can count to 3 before the hit.
The player Kase had already passed to had already put the puck on net.
Definition of interference.