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Originally Posted by DoubleK
You are missing one critical differentiating fact.
Staal was eligible to be hit. Cernak was not.
Nosek should get discipline, but comparing Bunting to Nosek is not appropriate in justifying supplementary discipline.
One was a dirty hit, the other was a cheap shot. Not the same thing.
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So I'm assuming you are saying the Nosek flying elbow is just a dirty hit? No, it's a cheap shot. It's a blatant elbow to the head. That's not a hit in any shape or form. Staal had the puck though. So that's why if Bunting gets 3 (+ match penalty in the 2nd which pretty much iced the game) Nosek should get 2 by the standard set.
A dirty hit would be the Dumba hit. It's a hockey hit but late with the intent to injure.