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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
I don't want to sound condescending but has anyone even watched the video? Or what happened? Abdelkader was tripped and fell into the crease where his stick accidentally made contact with Smith.
Brouwer over reacted and as did Smith. This was not a "he stood up for his teammate moment" it was a dumb over reaction to a play that didn't need retribution. Stupid fight and a broken cheek bone to Abdelkader. Something he didn't deserve.
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No one deserves to have bones in their face broken. Agreed on that point.
That said, how ever you see Abdelkader's stick making contact with Smith, shortly before the Abdelkader contact, there was another player who took an opportunity to make some heavy contact with Smith which he was pissed about.
Shortly after that, Abdelkader came in, stick made contact with Smith and I'm sure Smith had some choice words for Abdelkader and Abdelkader chose to turn around and say something back while standing in front of Brouwer, rather than skating away. Whatever the exchange was, Brouwer took exception and laid the beat down. I'm sure most expect this reaction from Brouwer everytime.
Abdelkader could have kept skating away but instead tried to act like a tough guy. If you ask me, he fully deserved the beat down.