He should've answered for a non-suspendable hit weeks ago?
Macdermid wasn't even on the Devils when the Bastian hit took place. He's certainly not entitled to request Rempe staged fight him. The staged fights need to be out of the league. And the players like Macdermid who cling onto 1M per year salaries because they can throw hands 3 times per year need to be out of the league. Makes the game so much worse. Adds nothing of value.
I know you probably don't like Rempe, and with good reason. Two games against your team, and two of your players have ended up injured. The Bastian one wasn't anything dirty. Bastian put himself in jeopardy, and unfortunately paid the price. The Devils should fire their training staff for allowing him back out onto the ice. The Siegenthaler one was an illegal hit, and he'll get suspended. No argument there. Unfortunate he got injured, but it wasn't that forceful of a hit. He kind of missed his check, and then re-corrected at the last second to take a piece of Siegenthaler. It was clear there was no initial intent to elbow him. Otherwise, he would've elbowed him straight on in the face. He made a rash decision in the middle of the air to try to take a piece of Siegenthaler when he mistimed his initial hit.
But at the same time, there's literally no evidence that he's some bad hockey player that only runs players. All the evidence is to the contrary, so unless you have some substantive argument against his hockey ability, it comes off as emotion, not reason.
