I don't think dressing Peluso would have changed whether Kassian would have went after Tkachuk. There was nothing to prevent that, short of Peluso leaving the bench and going after Kassian.
What Kassian did really warrants a suspension. If he landed one flush, we are talking about a serious concussion for Tkachuk and there would be huge controversy. Flames, Tkachuk, Kassian, NHL all got lucky that nothing serious came from that.
Having said that, I still would have preferred that they dressed Peluso, considering Dube only got like 4 minutes. It's not so much to prevent what Kassian did, but rather, to prevent what happened to Hamonic in Game 1.
IF, Hamonic's jaw wasn't broken, he might have fought Kassian later in the game or even Lucic, that's just the type of guy and teammate Hamonic is. And if Hamonic did that, he'd probably get his jaw broken again. You can't put Hamonic in that position. That is Peluso's role and you can't lose a guy like Hamonic for that.
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Calgary Flames, PLEASE GO TO THE NET! AND SHOOT THE PUCK! GENERATING OFFENSE IS NOT DIFFICULT! SKATE HARD, SHOOT HARD, CRASH THE NET HARD!
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