Not a popular opinion, but I don't have too much of an issue with what Lucic did. I didn't see the Joseph hit on Russell, but IF it was a big boarding call that injured Russell and the refs missed it, then this is what happens.
I also don't think that Lucic tried to hurt Joseph - just rough him up. I think he could have hit him a lot harder and hurt him with a hit, or actually wound-up and really smoked Joseph, but he didn't. It doesn't LOOK like he was hitting Joseph during the ensuing scrum, so that's good too.
A fine sounds about right. It would be something else in my books if he took a run at Joseph with an intent to injure, or just threw his gloves off and started wailing away. I was expecting a Bertuzzi-like altercation here. I would expect that from Peluso tonight if a Duck took a run at one of the players on the Flames, for instance, without it being called.
Now excuse me... I have to have a long hot shower to get all this grease off of me for actually sticking up for a player I hate and have no respect for, on a team that I absolutely detest. Yuck.
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