Rocksterh8 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 26 minutes ago, elvis15 said: Clearly still some people upset over the Kadri non-suspension. I still hold that it should have been a suspension, and more than a game or two considering his history, but these hits are only similar, not the same. Oleksiak doesn't even brush the leading shoulder of VandeVelde, so there's no way to defend his hit. Of course if Oleksiak had taken a better line, or at least cut into VandeVelde to make the hit squarely through the body, he could have avoided this being a suspendable play. The ruling of the DoPS that Kadri making any contact at all with Daniel's shoulder is still a joke (as it's nowhere near hitting squarely through the body), but the difference in the shoulder contact is what clearly sets these two rulings apart. Complain that they still should have suspended Kadri, sure, but don't complain that these are exactly the same and evidence that there's a conspiracy to not suspend because of the jerseys players are wearing. Trying to decipher little nuances, angles of a hit is just deflecting from the real problem here, they are dangerous hits and if the league really wanted to protect ALL players they would call them all dangerous, and make it so in the rulebook. They don't because it's all about you guessed it.... money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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