bucks_oil
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- Aug 25, 2005
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There is no context needed, all you need to watch is the 2-5 second portion in which Kassian looks at the player and then kicks him in the chest with a skate. Nothing that could be shown in any other portion of the clip would condone using ones skate to kick another player.
Edit: And i have watched the whole clip...3 players get tangled up and fall, the Tampa player lands on top...after scrumming for a few seconds, Kassian kicks the player in the chest to remove him from atop of the pile. There is NOTHING the Tampa player did in that whole sequence that warranted Kassian kicking him with a skate.
You can certainly get to "guilty" from the short clip. I personally agree.
My point was that the longer clip would help people assess severity and thus punishment.
Fictional example: if the two had been slashing each other, fell down on top of each other and then a kick... one would impute a more violent intent and would likely want a longer suspension.