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Originally Posted by darthchilli
But what is enough, and where is the line to draw for such actions? 5-7 is where this is to be expected. Asking for an in person hearing allows the league to suspend him more than 5
As some have said, how was this judged, was it clearly just an elbow or is it rule 48 headshot? was this intentional or not? Was the earlier hit from Danny brought in as a factor to this decision?
This suspension does leave some questions that need to be answered. Sadly, this will never be answered. Neither are any number of games from the suspension be justified as "correct"
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my issue is that it's meaningless to suspend him in the regular season when it's clear that daniel is going to miss some playoff games (or worse).
when you look at torres' suspension for hitting taylor hall, it was 4 games that carried into the playoffs. i was hoping for something similar here. shanahan needed to set a precedent and this was a perfect opportunity to do it with such a blatant hit to the head with the intent to injure. for example, if it were 3 games at the end of the season and 2 playoff games, i would have been okay with 5 games. again, not something that has been done before, but it would have sent an important message to all players that shit like this is no longer tolerated.
whatever though, it's done. fuck you duncan keith.