Grinner
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That's a dangerous lean to the fist by Marchand.
Could be a sneaky dirty little punch, but it is Marchand, so anyway
yeah but then we see it happened to Marchand and just no one cares.No one gonna mention about how late Marchand's hit is? Puck is not even visible anymore and Bennett has about 1-2 business days worth of time to counter.
Rat deserves whatever happened there.
This is anything but a clean hit,. This play needs to be looked at by the NHL.Clean hit. But if he doesn’t play Game 4, huge loss for Boston. I still think Florida wins this in 5 games.
Besides it's not like he was out there targeting the best players on Boston we all know he's not that kind of player.Marchand goes to check Bennett, who's just dished the puck. Bennett braces for the check and in that split second his right hand jerks forward and possibly hits Marchand in the side of the head (impossible to confirm from the vid).
Is it an intentional punch or a reflex? Given that Bennett's attention was on the puck, I doubt he had the time to do anything but brace for the hit. In real-time – not slo-mo video – this was a split second reaction with two bodies colliding and Marchand getting the worst of it. IMO it's unrealistic for Bennett to have time and positioning to deliberately throw a punch within that split second.