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Originally Posted by 868904
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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Yeah, Dube only got 6 minutes so that's where you use Peluso (you can't dress Prout). However, if Calgary doesn't give up a dumb shorty and a two on one goal, so that the Flames had to shorten then bench to catch up, plus the fact Dube wasn't on any special team unit in a penalty filled game, I suspect Dube gets more minutes.
Peluso is preferable to Prout as far as ability too.