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Old 11-29-2021, 04:45 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by Bingo View Post
Maybe intent isn't the right word.

But Kylington was put head first into the boards from behind ... two minutes.
Demelo was hit from the side but his head hit the dasher ... five minutes.

The first one had a much larger chance of the player never walking again and a substantial injury in my opinion.
I get that it's very imperfect, but this is one are where I would rather have the refs look at the part you can make at least somewhat objective claims about.

Of course I would just give them both five minutes, because again, I don't care that much what you intended, you still did the thing. Not exactly the same thing, but close enough for me.

I also think players need to be allowed to make a mistake now and then in protecting themselves, without getting their head bashed into the boards.

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