I got an issue with this.
Some of you feel the hit was not legal, some feel it was legal and many others are saying it was "high" but not to high (legal)
Many of those saying it was legal are also saying the Bruins were correct to react they way they did. I say ********.
Lets remove the names of the players here they are not important, why is it a guy who delivers a check that is legal has to fight to defend the hit? This is nuts and not how the game was played in the past. yeah there were a few stars who nobody was to touch (Gretzky comes to mind) but now it seems every hard check leads to a scrum. That will do more to kill good clean hitting than any crappy rule Bettman or the BOG can make up.
(I AM NOT CALLING OUT THE BRUINS. NEARLY ALL TEAMS ARE DOING THIS)
I think what needs to happen is some type of progressive discipline against the players, coaches and teams where players continually react like this.
If you suspend a guy a game the 2nd time he does this. and/or suspend a coach for a game and fine the owner 500k the 3rd time the TEAM does it. decent players will be able to check the opposing players without being worried about getting jumped from behind. ,,, Note it is progressive so you CAN REACT on the occasion someone actually delivers a dirty check against a teammate.
For the record I am not a fan of either team but saw the game on TV. Thought the hit was clean (not to the head, not charging, not interference, and replays show no elbow, not anything against the rules)
I thought Ference should have gotten 2/5/G, I thought Lucic deserved his as well. I understand the ref missing the call and giving Meyer an elowing penalty but why in the world did he get a roughing penalty?
And the dirtyness of Lucic throwing that punch should get him more than 1 game no matte how hard some here think it was. This would not be his 1st suspension and one of his previous suspensions involved an improper punching incident. He simply cannot throw a punch in that situation.
If players don't respect other players because it's the right thing to do then they can sit.