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Originally Posted by PRStoetzer
Swinging a stick with two hands at another player has always been recognized by the NHL as a no-no, usually resulting in a suspension. Just because Osgood made contact with Ribeiro does not give Ribeiro the right to swing his stick at Osgood.
Heck, if Ribeiro hadn't swung his stick, there's no way Osgood would have been fined for that play. The one thing that we can say is that NHL's supplemental discipline is wildly inconsistent.
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Stick butting someone up high has always been recognized as a no-no as well. Just because it was not assesses a match penalty does not mean nothing happened. It is high time that the NHL actually took into account what led to an incident happening. Again, I am not saying that what Ribeiro did should not have been dealt with. Just saying Ozzie was the instigator and should not get off scott free if Ribeiro got something. Should Ribeiro get a bigger fine than Ozzie? Sure. Hard to argue that. But if you are doling out suspensions, escpecially multi-game suspensions like many here are whining about, then Osgood would have to get some kind of suspension as well.