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Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm
While I don't have a problem with what he did, not sure if the NHL can say it's any different than Nick Boynton or Andre Roy doing the throat slash motion. Sure, Anisimov's was in celebration, as opposed to in anger, but not sure how I see those as different.
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I think the difference, celebration vs. anger, is actually a pretty significant difference. The throat slash motion is a threat, the stick as gun thing really has no threat or menace behind it.
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