This whole incident has really exposed the fact that "the code" is just a term to throw out there when you want to tip the narrative in your favor even when you don't have a logical argument to stand on. This code business is nonsense and makes no sense in the context of this incident. Completely illogical. I could just as easily say Kassian broke "the code" by punching a defenseless player.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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