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Originally Posted by united
Neither does Weber despite laying out an official with an open-ice hit where he left his feet. Or Muzzin who clipped one by accident. Players play to the whistle.
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You play to the whistle when chasing a puck or making a play, sure, but skating semi-dazed to the bench and accidentally levelling a linesman isn't a big hockey play he was trying to complete. I don't really buy that he was too rushed to avoid a too many men penalty to stop, since he could have looked over when he got to the bench and apologized, or checked to see the guy was okay. He just got to the bench and looked down like nothing happened.
Not much of an argument when the NHL clearly agrees the others weren't suspension worthy at all and this one got the harshest categorization.