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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Initial hit is fine, but after the hit Pettersson is in a vulnerable position and Matheson effectively slew foots him.
Should have been a roughing minor for sure.
In context, it definitely seems like Matheson was embarrassed by the earlier play and was hunting for Pettersson as well. One game suspension I would guess, and I’m fine with that. He should have just made the initial hit and not taken it further.
Pettersson is going to need to bulk up some though, as teams are going to be playing him tough and he seems really small.
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It certainly is not a slew foot.
“Generally speaking, a slew-foot is when a player comes up behind or alongside an opponent and uses their foot to knock the legs out from under their opponent”
Matheson does not use his legs at all. He rubs Petterson out and Petterson falls sideways. The rubout is dangerous because Petterson is not very strong on his skates and has his feet fly out from under him which puts him in the vulnerable position.