Smash Williams
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It's much more illegal than the Kostopoulos hit on Stuart (shoulder to chin but not from the blind side, both were interference). Neither could deliver a legal hit in that situation, period, because the other guy had not touched the puck, so all this nonsense about feet on the ice and elbow tucked, which was true in both cases, is really fairly irrelevant. They both illegally hit guys in the head, Torres from the blind side. But one got the book thrown at him and the other didn't get anything.
But given this is the NHL, I'm not surprised as their stunning lack of consistency. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd say it was because one hit ended up injuring a Red Wing, but honestly, I just think the league disciplinary group is run by drunken monkeys.
But given this is the NHL, I'm not surprised as their stunning lack of consistency. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd say it was because one hit ended up injuring a Red Wing, but honestly, I just think the league disciplinary group is run by drunken monkeys.