[slickdtc]

Finally got around to checking out the PM Bouchard suspension video.

Yeah, don't think a suspension was totally warranted. If that had been a previous offender, I could see a suspension to deter that player from reverting to his goon ways. Considering it was Bouchard, hardly a pest or goon or enforcer, and it was quite clearly an accident that his stick got up that high.

Still, I think it's a good thing and it shows they're not messing around. They don't want that pre-faceoff BS. Yeah, the stick was never meant to get up that high, but they're trying to eliminate stupid, idiotic moments like that. Hopefully players think twice before they participate in those things.

One beef with it though: Calvert should've been assessed an instigator penalty, or something of that nature (unsportsmanlike?). Maybe even a game for it. He clearly baited Bouchard into the reaction and it just so happened the stick got up high. Hopefully this doesn't lead to MORE players trying to bait guys and then when they do get 'em, they accidentally commit an infraction considering Calvert got off scot-free.