Honestly, Scheifele made the wrong decision with a minute left in a game down a goal. However, there's no precedent for Scheifele's suspension, and if Matthews or McDavid make that hit you know neither are getting 4 games. He has every right to be upset about the dart board the DoPS used to determine his suspension length. He came out and said he was trying to beat Evans to the post to prevent the wrap around, but he was a fraction of a second late. I still think if he kept skating and tried to use his stick and body the way he's talking about he could stop up in front of Evans to make the defensive play and not doze the guy, but that's just the benefit we have of hindsight.
Jets' Mark Scheifele: NHL's department of player safety 'shut me down' - Sportsnet.ca
“I think at the end of the day, you regret the outcome of it. I said that over and over. You never want to see a guy hurt, and I’m a guy that respects this game and respects players,” he said Wednesday, repeating his stance that he was trying to negate a goal when he hit Evans.
“I would’ve loved an answer from [the department of player safety] of what would’ve been a better thing to do. I’ve replayed the thing over and over in my mind and the only real thing is if I gave up on my teammates on that play and just didn’t back check,” Scheifele said.
Do people want him to come out weeping tears and begging for Evans forgiveness or something? Seriously, half his interview gets posted out of context to get the reaction from certain people like the ones posting in this thread trying to smear him as some kind of heartless bastard.