So if Tkachuk gets popped next game, we don’t really care what Florida fans have to say on the matter. Do I have that right?
Depends on the context, say he runs swayman and gets the butt end of the goalie stick in the neck-NOPE no issue. But say he is on the ice and Maroon comes from behind and cold cocks him, doesn't work for me.
Look at the context. If dirty rat marchand, much as we hate him, hadn't been trying to stir the shit and initiated the contact after the puck was gone, yeah you would see people with a lot more sympathy towards him. He was doing his typical rat cheap shot and got some Karma. Plus we know and have histroy of his faking everything under the sun
If that is Bergeron, people would say "yeah that might have been a cheap shot from Bennett, can we get a few more angles to see if he did that" Not simply because its Bergeron, but because Bergeron likely isn't going for the late cheap shot like McRatty was and it would be more obvious.
Marchand shoulder connects with Bennett like was intended(from the looks of things) from the angle of the hit....We are talking about a cheap shot that injures a different rat coming back from injury.
This is why he gets no sympathy