Did Hertl have any previous suspensions? There was an incident of a questionable hit on Kulikov a few years back, but couldn't find out if he got suspended. Surprised he got two for this, but if the goal is to get dangerous habits like potential blows to the head out of the game this makes sense. Often in those cross checking motions there is an upward swing which halts when the upper arm is contacted. But those can be dangerous when that initial contact point moves up to the head/neck area.
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