How often do football players make a line change on skates again? I played in Canada so maybe the rules are different.

“No one avoids another person by raising your stick into their back.” to me it’s the nail in the coffin for his defense. If you see last second you’re gonna hit someone, you open up your arms or lower the shoulder, depending if you try to protect both or just yourself. Raising the stick to hit in a player’s back is a…

No NFL player has ever picked himself up off the field when concussed and leveled a ref when running off. Ever. These other commenters above who claim to have suffered a concussion and not remember things: how many of you attacked a ref, coach, or fan before you came around? I bet none. He hit him on purpose.

If they acquiesed to his defense of “a concussion made me do it” then the NHL is opening themselves up to all sorts of head injury excuses, no? “Ohh, I boarded the guy from behind with his back turned, without the puck, and almost ended his career. I had been checked as well earlier on the shift though.” Can’t allow…