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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I don’t want to be outraged. I just know what I think. It was a dirty hit, with no in game purpose.
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The in-game purpose was that if Evans is a half second slower rounding the net - which Scheifele absolutely cannot tell when he commits to the hit - the puck goes off his stick into the slot, gets picked up by a Jet, and they have a six on four rush the other way with a chance to tie the game.
It's possible he just wanted to hurt the guy, but that play absolutely does have an in-game purpose. Plenty of times a guy tries to wrap it around but can't quite get it far enough out to bring it back into the net.