The worst part is that Barry Melrose stated that what Osgood did was worse than what Ribero did

and that he would have done the same thing

. Osgood is not angel in this but he was not trying to butt end Ribero, he was trying to slow him down and accidentally caught him with the butt end. Osgood was not trying to hurt Ribero but Ribero was trying to hurt Osgood, that is the difference in my mind.