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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Wideman makes an excellent point here, and I think it goes for both McDavid and Draisaitl.
The entire hockey world got angry at Tkachuk and Kassian was proclaimed a hero for horse-collaring Tkachuk and doing what he did, and demanding that Tkachuk answer the bell.
If McDavid is skating around sticking guys, why does he get a pass? If Draisaitl can go around slew-footing players and cup-checking them, why doesn't he ever have to answer the bell?
Well, this is what you get when you have a superstar on your team. The world loves their stars, and what's fair and what's right doesn't always matter any longer. Wideman is 100% right here, and it is something I have been noticing for a long time now, especially with Draisaitl.
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The reason it's allowed, is because most fans, league members and media people want that allowance in life for themselves. They don't want to be held accountable. They want to run around being low character individuals sticking anyone that gets in their path in the groin.
We see that kind of behaviour regularly on this board even, when someone gets checked for their poor acts they throw a fit.