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Originally Posted by BLOCKEDCAT
Nurse is not a very good defenseman, but he's arguably their best defenseman. If he gets suspended (and he should), that's a big blow.
That's Nazim Kadri levels of playoff stupidity. 9.25m per year for the next 8 with full NMC for the first 5 years and M-NTC/NMC (10 team trade) for the final 3.
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Why would Nurse do that, in that situation of the game, it didn't require it and Smith was handling the puck just fine without it and he was in no way coming close to Smith before the whistle. I'll tell you what it is, it's a weak man getting the upper hand on a player that he feels got the better of him in a different situation early. He needed the leverage of the headbutt to get the upper hand and that's why this headbutt will lead to a suspension and not a fine - it was blatantly trying to injury a player for no hockey reason what so ever.