No issue with forcing players to think more about really blowing up a player with a hit because you no longer care about your positioning after the hit because the game is out of reach.
Maybe it would have made no difference, but Anderson has zero reason to make the same decisions he would have done at say the half way point of the game when the result still hangs in the balance. Making players think twice about making hits that take them completely out of position afterward because they don't care about their position afterwards is a good thing.
It's a mindset shift. Point of hits in hockey is to separate from the puck, to defend against a goal and switch the puck possession team. As soon as that mindset shifts to, I just want to cause the most damage I can within the rules, I don't care what happens after my hit....it becomes predatory. Even if Anderson's hit was technically clean, we need to shift the culture from predatory hits (even if they are technically legal) cause that's where people get really really hurt.
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