[Cali Panthers Fan]

Also, I can't believe nobody is mentioning this, but how about this:

1) Everyone agrees that the first part was a normal hockey play

2) Everyone has varying positions on how bad the second part was, ranging from "it's dirty and suspendable" to "it's a 2 minute penalty". There's quite a range there, but the consensus is that it was over the line to some extent.

3) Pettersson is injured on the play, making the offense magnified and people are concerned about player safety on something that looks like it was over the line to whatever extent you perceive.

However, what if Pettersson's injuries came on the clean part of that hockey play? How can we determine where he was injured? Could it not have just as easily happened on the check to the boards as much as when he hit the ice?

The problem is, we (myself included) are all assuming that the part of the play we found objectionable is the reason for the injury, but it's just as likely to have happened on the play we all found perfectly reasonable. Pettersson is very slight, and so a regular old body check could have injured him just as easily as the slam.

I think we have to keep some perspective on this one and not get too worked because the end result was an injury.