5 games for that isn’t unreasonable. It doesn’t matter too much if he intended to injure the guy. It’s a stupid thing to do that will result in injury to other players a significant percentage of the time. Making it a suspendable offence is the best way to keep reckless plays like that out of the game.
If he threw an intentional elbow I would say it should be more, rather than it being 5 games for an intentional elbow and fewer or none for this play.
If he threw an intentional elbow I would say it should be more, rather than it being 5 games for an intentional elbow and fewer or none for this play.