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Originally Posted by Inferno
They definitely should. I can see the ref missing it because it looked sneaky and Tkachuk didn't drop to his knees in pain but there's no reason the league should let that go without even a fine.
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Tkachuk gave a clear and instant reaction that he was in trouble. That would be a clear attempt to injure. Tkachuk penchant for drawing Penalties would have made an official missing the actual spear to think that he was acting out a cross check or other offense that happens regularly on a face off.
Both this incident and Tkachuk's kicking Scheifele present the league with a bad problem. IF they were considered an attempt to injure they are far more "dirty, filthy and disgusting" than a head shot or driving someone into the end boards that are miscalculations of a valid legal hit... They should be 20 game suspensions.... because of Benn and Tkachuk's being elite players that people pay to watch it is better to ignore these altogether.