Patrick Johnston: Virtanen wasn't trying to 'murder' Jet, says collisions are inevitable

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Virtanen wasn't trying to 'murder' Jet, says collisions are inevitable

When you get elbowed in the head in today’s NHL, the officials are supposed to do something about it.

But coming on the heels of the Zack Kassian/Matthew Tkachuk fracas, where Tkachuk went unpunished for throwing a pair of dangerous-looking hits but Kassian was suspended for his response, you wonder what the league defines as crossing the line.Celui-ci à dit : " C'est stupide, Qu'est ce qui ne va pas chez lui putain"

It was an interesting report in light of what Virtanen had to say about the situation after the game, the first time he’d faced the media about Perreault’s comments. “He’s a good player, I have nothing bad to say about him. … He’s a good player, I honestly didn’t even mean to do that. It is what it is. He can be frustrated, I think anyone would kind of be frustrated at that point,” he said.

And while the league has generally tried not to hand out suspensions for plays that don’t result in injury, there are exceptions when the NHL has come down hard on reckless play. Virtanen was suspended four years ago for a late, pointless hit on the Sharks’ Roman Polak. Polak wasn’t injured on the play but the league still wanted to send a message about intent.

 

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