I doubt that would happen with McKee in charge of the D.
I have no issues with the 10 games that Hall got since the hit was definitely interference with an ill-timed hit. The hit may have been the hardest I've seen in the O since the Scott Stevens days!
But if that pass connected I'm positive the hit would be "clean". I saw the hit live and watched it in slo-mo on the PVR and still hasn't seen a head shot!
I do have an issue with the ten games. This hit was timed correctly had the pass not been intercepted by the player's teammate. That teammate was right behind Hall's target. The time elapsed from the time the puck was intercepted to the time Hall made contact was bang bang. Hall was at the point of no return and couldn't avoid contact at that point.
These things need to be taken into account when video is being reviewed by the league. This wasn't a headshot that happened a zone away from the puck. It was a clean hit that became interference an instant before contact. On top of that, we have an officiating crew that get excited every time there's a big hit and toss around headshot and/or match penalties as if they've just witnessed a car wreck.
As far as McKee's direction goes, he'd better be telling his charges that open ice hits are a thing of the past in this league because clean or not, if it's the least bit explosive and the player stays down long even for a trainer to appear on the ice, this league will suspend for 10 games (the norm the last couple of years). Branch and company will back their on ice officials most every time and suspend no matter what actually happened on the ice.
Either that or prepare to have enough defenseman on the roster to ice six as we'll almost always have one or two guys serving suspensions.