The question is, did the tactic give the team in question a competitive advantage over other teams in the playoffs? Doing what they did with Kucherov clearly falls into that category. The Flames with Valimaki didn't.
And the argument that they had to be good enough to make the playoffs without him so hats off to them is just ridiculous. What you're saying is, this team is already really good, so let's give them an additional advantage over their competitors that only they get because they're just so damn good. Make it even easier for them, why not?
Silly.
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