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Originally Posted by Por_sha911
You all are just jealous he doesn't play on your team...
Yeah it was a bad play and he deserved the suspension. As far as the suspension is concerned, it was probably two games because there was no call on the ice, no injury.
I find it laughable that no one complains about Matt Cooke (who ended Marc Savard's career with a far dirtier hit), Pat Verbeck (the original Little Ball of Hate), Terrible Ted (if you don't know who he is you don't know hockey), Sean Avery (who had hoof and mouth disease), Jordan Tootoo, Theo Fleury Mark Messier, Claude Lemieux...
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Of those players only Matt Cooke and Tootoo (it's Jordin, not Jordan) still play, so don't expect too many YouTube clips of them slew footing anyone. Tootoo is in the NHL to hit and fight, if he did not he would back in Nunavit hunting polar bears for a living. Tootoo is barely an NHL player. Marchand is a far more complete player, he doesn't need to be to play dirty, he chooses to.
No one is picking on Marchand, it was dirty play. If Matt Cook or Tootoo did the same thing they'd be crucified here in a similar manner.
The hit on Savard resulted in a rule change. Similar hits no result in five game suspensions now. And Matt Cooke has reformed his game to suit the new NHL.