McAvoy gets beat sliding on the ice. Principle contact to the head. Late hit. Elbow to the head. Suspension worthy? 2 games. Similar to Matheson's suspension.
But on the flipside, doesn't do the Flames any good if he gets suspended, as they play the Oilers and Canucks next...which leads to my biggest beef with suspensions. They should invoke the following:
1. Suspend the player only when they play the same team again. If it takes over a season or two, or more, so be it.
2. Give the injured player's team the option on which games to sit the player out.
3. Combination of both the above.
By no means the above are perfect but it's the gist of it.
Thoughts on this?
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