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Originally Posted by Textcritic
When I rewatched the game today I ensured to deliberately count Tkachuk’s strides on his first-period and second-period hits. Both times he takes no more than three.
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I watched closely again and counted 5 strides. He started from above the hash marks on top of the dot, a distance of maybe 40 feet to where he hit Kassian. He did glide the last 5 feet but I don’t see where that’s a factor in charging penalties after reviewing the NHL player safety video on the topic. Most big hits are glides the last few feet.
Tkachuk didn’t leave his feet or target his head so nothing to discipline. Had it been called a two minute charging penalty I wouldn’t have freaked out. Of course Kassian’s penalty should obviously have been a fighting major.