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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
If the league is serious about removing head shots, concussions and injuries from hitting then you have to suspend Mcavoy for that hit. Players need to change their thinking here.
D man gets burned, gets upset, then runs at Gaudreau. Puck is already gone by that point, but he decides to send a message and drill him anyway with a head shot. That is not bodychecking. That's him trying to intimidate Gaudreau for a) burning him and b) going to the net
Size difference is irrelevant. That hit shouldn't have been attempted in the first place, because IMO it's an attempt to injure with no regard for the puck, which was clearly gone.
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I disagree with your statement that he "drilled him in the head" and it was an "attempt to injure"
it was an unfortunate play where a bigger man hit a little man, so there was unavoidable contact with the head.
was for sure a penalty, but nothing more than that. this there is some flames bias in your post.
you'd want a flames dman to make that hit 10 times of of 10. I do agree that "That's him trying to intimidate Gaudreau". of course it is. you want it in a players head that he's gonna get hit.