You're so riled up that you are the one that can't see clearly.
I'm not saying he wouldn't have benched him if he slugged him instead of gently helping him to the ice, although there would be a butterfly effect to that as it would somewhat start a riot--or whatever is considered a riot in today's NHL--and that would have been better. What I am saying is that you can't get excited about what he did like he actually did anything of consequence that could be described as tough or sticking up for himself. Amazing retaliation: take a solid hit and then just grab his leg so he falls, leading to a 4 v 4 which is a powerplay when the Kings are involved. Who scored the goal to top it all off?
You want to see McDavid eat it at the hand of a Kings player--or anyone probably--so badly that you think he was benched for sticking up for himself when he was simply benched because he is a young player that has been struggling, including in this game, and he did something very selfish and stupid that also inflicted zero retribution.
As for Lewis, he still only played 1:28 more than Laf last night and didn't do anything stupid. He wasn't scoring but he also wasn't putting his team in a bad spot like Laf did. Moore hasn't been good but they are going to keep getting him out there. He's streaky and coming off an injury. This is a guy that had one goal in a 16 game stretch last year and zero in 12 straight during that same stretch but still finished with 31 goals.
Laf is getting major minutes. Hiller likes him. He should probably be getting less minutes as he was more effective before he was getting 18 minutes a game, something that might be a byproduct of the 11/7. Regardless, this is a coach that likes the player in question and used the moment as an opportunity to make a point to the player and the team. He also doesn't do that if he doesn't think that Laf can handle it. It's Game 41 of a long season and we have a coach here that is most likely going to go back to giving this kid 17-18 a night next game, and he's going to have a fire lit under his ass. There is nothing wrong with it: this isn't benching Kaliyev after a bad shift in the 1st period.
Now, if he is healthy scratched next game, he's taking it too far. What I see here is a coach being a coach and, let's not forget, the team acting like p***yes is also a reflection of the coaching. Blake went Ice Cream Day Stevens and then signed up the guy that he liked playing for when he was in his late 30s and was probably allowed to do whatever he wants. Now we've got Fiala scratched and Laf being benched: both are an attempt to have accountability and that is something that has been lacking for the entire Bluc era.
just double checked to make sure it’s not fake and lo and behold lol 
