The Gio play is a minor penalty, that's about the extent of it. It wasn't an egregious take out a guys knee situation. I don't think it gets looked at by the league.
Bringing up McDavid's injury from last year is irrelevant. That was just Gio playing normal NHL defense. Unless you think players shouldn't be allowed to impede McDavid going to the net, there was nothing at all wrong there, it just unfortunately resulted in an injury. It doesn't need to be part of this discussion, but people will make it so.
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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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