[dustygoon]

This just encourages vigilante behavior next time these two teams meet.

Personally....if i was ekblad, I would feel that I have to go after him with a dirty play next game. Otherwise I would feel like a target is on my back. There are no goons anymore. Brouwer isn’t going to stand up for him. And I’m not going to risk a punch to the head in a fair fight.

So it’s slew foot, behind the play elbow, boarding, dirty high stick to the teeth, etc as options. Big deal if Ekblad gets suspended a few games for it. Cost of sending a message to others. I don’t like staged fights and goons. But this is an odd situation where player safety could have helped further dampen the need for fighters by issuing a proper suspension.

So ridiculous.