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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Let's not get silly. It was a hit in a men's contact sport. If we are taking a play like that out of the game, which ended unfortunately but wasn't predatory, we might as well take hitting out altogether.
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Just curious, how exactly would you define "predatory"? Hitting someone who is unable to protect themselves due to being off balance and 4 feet away from the boards, who is not a legitimate target because they have not played the puck? Would that action suggest an intent to injure someone in a vulnerable position? If so, is that not by definition "predatory"?
Edit: nobody cares because it was Rooney who was injured. If it was McDavid injured in an identical play, you can be guaranteed that there would be a multi-game suspension.