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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
look again - Lindholm had almost stopped the forward momentum of it by the time it contacted Hertl's arm
Also, they conveniently left out the first part - Hertl wasn't an innocent victim up until the face slash
It was 2 guys battling a bit, after a face off, and one guy escalated it way too far
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Yeah, they were going at it back and forth. Who started what, I don't know, but you see this sort of thing in games all the time as players try to entice others into taking penalties. What you don't see are two-handed slashes to the head. That should have been viewed as an intent to injure.