If you ask Ryan Ellis’s face, Brown certainly is a force majeure to be reckoned with.

the mysterious lack of sound in the fan video leads me to believe he said something pretty deserving of getting smacked.

I might be in the minority, but I’d say Ellis deserved what he got. I’m no JT Brown fan or even a bolts fan. No reason to throw even a light check with so little time left in a 3-0 game, let alone while your teammate has the puck.