Ya.. Edler has kind of proven in the last few months that he plays kind of recklessly. I realize international competition has no bearing on NHL suspensions, but it's a good suspension in my eyes. People will say 'he had elbow tucked and Hertl was leaning forward', but he came from all the way across the ice, easily could have taken the puck away from Hertl, but instead chose to hit him... in the head. He could have taken the puck. He could have hit body on body. He chose to do neither, and try to make it seem like an innocent hit.
I agree players need to keep their heads up, and leaning forwards like that is kind of begging to get your clock cleaned, but that doesn't mean you should be the one who cleans it for them. If he had come from in front of him, I guarantee you there's no suspension. He took advantage of a player in a vulnerable position.
Players still don't seem to have clued in to this shit yet... how many concussions need to happen before they stop going for the head?
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I still can't find video of the Kaleta incident.. anyone able to help out there?