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Erick Estrada · 05-10-2022, 08:37 AM

I can't understand myself why he didn't get at least a single game suspension as it's clear what his intentions were and he's extremely lucky that he didn't poke Mangiapane in the eye. It's about as dirty a play as you can do with a stick poking it in the face of a defenseless player. If he did that to McDavid this would have gone viral with Friedman and the Edmonton media crying bloody murder but since it happened to a lesser player (in the eyes of the league) they took the opportunity to sweep it under the rug.

05-10-2022, 08:37 AM	#44
Erick Estrada Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Fernando Valley Exp:	I can't understand myself why he didn't get at least a single game suspension as it's clear what his intentions were and he's extremely lucky that he didn't poke Mangiapane in the eye. It's about as dirty a play as you can do with a stick poking it in the face of a defenseless player. If he did that to McDavid this would have gone viral with Friedman and the Edmonton media crying bloody murder but since it happened to a lesser player (in the eyes of the league) they took the opportunity to sweep it under the rug.