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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
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.
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It isn't a slewfoot but Matheson had his stick between Pettersson's legs, had just hit him to make him off balance, and then as Pettersson is already falling uses his free arm to push him down to the ice resulting in Pettersson's head making contact with the ice hard enough to likely result in a concussion.
The three quarters of that is a hockey play and unlikely to result in any injury, but the last portion with the forceful push down to the ice resulted in an injury. That is where it is textbook roughing that resulted in an injury. I know that the injury to a player isn't supposed to factor into the need for supplemental discipline in theory, but much like a slash that causes an injury it is a factor in practice.
I think he will likely get a fine or a game based on the totality of the event and he NHL will warn both teams before the next game in January not to do anything stupid.