There is only so much you can do to avoid it though. Marleau isn’t a head-hunter by any stretch, Rust stumbled into the zone and kept his eyes on the puck. While the defensive player has a responsibility to not hit someone in the head, Rust also has a an obligation (to himself) to not drop his head into hit.

Looks like Letang has a bit of a suspension history. Marleau has never been suspended. I imagine that is a factor.

OR, and this is just a hypothetical, Rust could keep his head up when possessing the puck and skating into the offensive zone in the Stanley Cup Final. There will be contact in contact sports. At some level, the players need to be responsible for their own safety.

That’s some fancy cherry pickin’ on them numbers!

If only 7 counter-factuals had happened, things would have been totally different!

What have you seen thus far to indicate that they are the better 5 on 5 team? Seems that the only reason this series is even close is because of the play of Elliot.