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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Clean to me, not suspension worthy, and just a terribly unfortunate play that resulted in injury. I hope Evans recovers soon. Always crappy seeing guys get injured like this.
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Unfortunate implies that the likely outcome of that hit was not what we saw, which is 100% false. The end result of that play / decision by Schiefele was the most likely outcome of that play, it wasn’t bad luck or fortune. That’s what likely happens when you do that to someone.
I would agree it’s debatable what’s been acceptable re:the rules and very debatable what’s been acceptable re:hockey culture. But if you are comfortable with that play, it means you are comfortable with intent to injure as part of the sport (and that has been acceptable in hockey culture in the past). Injuries are going to happen in hockey, and physicality should still be part of the game, but I’m not ok with intentional maiming of people being an acceptable play in hockey at this point.