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Originally Posted by Hackey
Wilson literally hit him less than a second after the puck left his stick. That's not interference. He didn't hit from behind. That player was coming toward Wilson at first then turned. You say he let up so not sure how you can assume his purpose was to "destroy the player" and "make the target suffer physically" Part of hitting is to make people suffer physically. If the player would have continued in his "lane" he probably would have got rocked a lot harder. Instead he turned and Wilson let up and actually moved out of the way. From the time he starts to turn to the time he is hit is under 2 seconds. That play is barely a penalty.
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I'm not going to attempt to do subsecond analysis over the internet, but your estimates of how much time Wilson had is suspect.
Bottom line is there was no hockey play there except to destroy someone he would have recognized as turning. If he wanted to play the puck he would have gone to the side Seney was facing instead of the side that would have interfered with his own teammates existing check on Seney. If you think hitting someone from behind, numbers visible as day, late to boot, is a valid hockey play, that's on you.
Body checks are punishing, but there's nothing in the rule book to suggest that it intended, rather than a side effect of physics. The fact fans like it is secondary when discussing what is legal or not, which is the whole point of this discussion.