Yeah it wasnt a hit to the head at all...in fact if this was a guy skating up the ice it would have been a hell of a legal hit, but it wasnt.
Iy was a guy in a vulnerable position who Scheifle decided to lay out after skating about 120 feet as fast as he could but realized he wasnt gonna get there to stop the goal.
League is really in a tough spot here...its not a high or illrgal hit, it is charging and it is against a guy who bent forward.
likely a couple/three games for the egregious charge but beyond that im not sure how you go further. Cant add on because it looked as ugly as it did If they decide it was intent to injure they can add on but man its impossible to really know what a guy was thinking in the moment. perhaps all the scrums they hilited during the panel will come into play as intent....but i know i hate it when people think they can read my mind or what i "really' wanted to have happen.
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