I just wanted to say something about the hit on David Booth. I just saw a poll on TSN.ca asking if people thought that the hit on David Booth was dirty - the options were "it was a dirty hit" and "Booth should have kept his head up".
I just watched the video of it again. Richards came from the right side of Booth, and he was more behind him then ahead of him. Booth just made a pass - his head was up. The only way he could have avoided it was if he was looking to his right for some reason, which wouldn't make sense given the situation (he had just passed left). I'm not trying to rip on Mike Richards, he's a great hockey player and I'm sure he wouldn't try to catch someone off guard on purpose. But for the people that blame Booth and say his head should have been up, please look at the video again. It was a blind side hit.
Which brings me to the next point - if Richards received an "intent to injure" penalty and misconduct on the play, why was he not suspended? If someone is allegedly trying to injure someone, wouldn't you suspend them for a couple of games at least?
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