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Originally Posted by coaster
The "check pin push" might be a hockey play. The check pin body slam is not.
This type of play does not happen almost every game and it certainly is not common to see multiple events like this in the same game.
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We agree! I'm trying to say that the difference between the regular "push" and the "body slam" wasn't because of how the defenseman played it, it's because of the size disparity.
Is there an onus on the defenseman in this situation to hold back or to ease him down? He likely applied the same force on Pettersson as he would have on any other player in that situation. Most players have the strength to take the push and it's a nothing, routine play. To a 150 lb Pettersson though, it becomes a violent body slam worthy of suspension. If Pettersson is 175 lbs he doesn't get thrown like that.
The throw was late and I wouldn't have had any problem with roughing minor penalty. But if the issue is the injury, and if our goal is to ensure these feather-weights don't get injured, then there is a lot about the physical game we all know and love that will need to change. Legal or otherwise. I think this is the bigger picture question.