Played the victim? The guy barely said anything about the incident after the fact, it was doctors that diagnosed him with the concussion. I don't think you grasp what playing the victim really is. The fact that you think your personal opinion (that doctors and an impartial arbitrator disagree with) is the be all and end all is the only thing that is sickening.
Keep drinking the kool aid M.M., before you flap your gums, maybe ask what I base my evidence on. Here is part of what the arbiter Oldham wrote, citing testimony from the N.H.L. director of officiating, Stephen Walkom : Wideman “was upset, he’s skating to the bench, and he made a mistake, and he crosschecked the linesman, and he knocked him to the ice with enough force to hurt him, even though he probably didn’t intentionally mean to hurt him.”
I'm not arguing his intent, other than his his intent was to run over the lineman, that was obvious, only Wideman knows if he intended to hurt him, but one thing is for sure, he didn't even bother to see if the guy was alright, just sat on the bench like nothing happened.
I base my opinion on facts, Widmean skated in a straight line and ran over Henderson hard, crosschecking him, ignored that he ran him over and had a seat on the bench. Flatly denied he had a concussion after the game. Only changed his tune when the team reslized the hit could be an issue, then all of a sudden he had a concussion, how convenient.
This is Wideman's text to a teammate: “The only problem and the only reason I’m here is cause the stupid refs and stupid media.” Yeah, sounds like playing the victim to me. Keep defending Wideman, looks good on you.