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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Well, I think it's pretty dumb to assume if you take a borderline charge out of hockey you won't see guys stand up at the blueline or bang a guy in the corner or put a hip on someone in the neutral zone.
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Putting aside the attempt to torture the definition of charging in a failed attempt to hold the moral high ground, I would say this assumption isn't as dumb as you are trying to argue.
When I look at your and Jiri's reaction to this hit, I see judgment based on outcome rather than action. Someone was believed to be concussed on that hit, therefore you're both looking for excuses to make the hit out as malicious (you) or unwarranted (Jiri).
It stands to reason that if someone ends up with a concussion because they got stood up at the blue line or banged in the corner that you would be right back here trying to reinvent the nature of what happened to argue those events crossed the line too.
Honestly, I'm pretty sure that if someone suffered a concussion by tripping and hitting their head on a doorknob, you would be calling for a ban on doors.