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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
...the only thing that bothers me is that this is the same length of suspension that Todd Bertuzzi got for nearly killing a guy after a malicious and intentional attack after being warned by the NHL about retribution...
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In terms of actual missed games, yes, the suspensions are the same. But we have to remember that Bertuzzi's original suspension was indefinite. It remained indefinite all the way through the remainder of the season, and the playoffs, and into the summer. It was still indefinite into the oblivion that was the 2004–05 lockout, and it was on,y after 15 months without NHL hockey that the length of Bertuzzi's suspension was fixed at 20 games. 20 games, which took him more than a full year to serve.