Is the Department of Player Safety going to look at this kick by Michael Bunting?

[LeafsNation75]

On the main boards there is a thread asking if Michael Bunting intentionally kicked Trent Frederic. This wasn't noticed or brought up during the game by Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson, however all the Leafs haters are calling on Bunting to be suspended.

Here is the kick which they are referring to.



Now considering that last season when playing Tampa Bay there was a game when Marner got kicked by Nikita Kucherov and he wasn't fined or suspended. So, based on this example why should anything happen to Bunting?

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[Petrus]

The league has some serious issue if some innocuous kick needs more disciplining than say a cross check to the head or neck.

I think it deserves a fine not more than that.

 

[saffronleaf]

it's parros and it's bunting

probably 5 games

 

[SoftDumpNtheCorner88]

Let's hope they read Kucherov on that jersey instead of bunting and call it clean.

 

[AvroArrow]

It's a Leaf committing an infraction against a Bruin, I'll be f***ing shocked if he doesn't get suspended at least a game

 

[saffronleaf]

It's a Leaf committing an infraction against a Bruin, I'll be f***ing shocked if he doesn't get suspended at least a game

maybe they'll suspend him for the first round of the playoffs.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I assumed nothing was going to happen with Ben Chiarot in terms of a fine or a suspension. However, his high stick on Bunting in the Leafs previous game is a lot worse compared to whatever kick Bunting did tonight.

 

[Gilmour1996]

The slash that Bunting received back was worse than the kick, if it even was one.

 

[TD Charlie]

I’m sure they’ll look at it. Not sure if it’s intentional or not, but it could go either way. Guess it just depends on how the powers that be interpret the play

 

[LeafsNation75]

I'm going to assume that Bunting won't be suspended because usually the NHL Player Safety Twitter account would have posted something about a hearing early the next morning after a game and at 3:22 PM that hasn't happened.

George Parros maybe horrible at his job, however since he didn't suspended Kucherov for kicking Marner, there is no way he could have done that to Bunting.

 

[BayStBullies]

The one between the crosscheck and slash? Probably 10 games, because it is the Leafs.