Clayton Keller was ejected from the game for this crosscheck to the head/neck of Erik Brannstrom. Should he be suspended? Tough Call will be reviewing the incident. Have your say!
Watch Tough Call’s review here https://youtu.be/RuSphW15jRw
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Deserved that! Should also get fined for that at least.
Outstanding call. Suspension should follow for swing at his head. Ten games.
Clearly a play that has nothing to do with hockey. It is so dirty that the department of player safety might actually consider suspending him a couple of games, which is 5-6 games too short, but when did the DOPS impose a sufficient suspension? I assume that the Swedish disciplinary comitte would give him 3-5 games, and the regular season in the SHL is 52 games, so scaling that to the NHL regular season and rounding to the nearest integer gives that this is equivalent to a 5-8 game suspension, which is much closer to the appropriate punishment.
Honestly it's pretty much the same as when Matthews hit Dahlin up high a couple years back.
Player gets taken for a rough ride in front by a bigger man, tries to retaliate using their stick, and aims too high.
I'd give both players 1 game.
How many commenters on here have been crosschecked in the lower back/ribs before? I have, It f*cking hurts. Brannstrom was dumb for thinking he could get away with that kind of shot on Keller. Good on Keller for retaliating immediately. This should be an instructional video for young kids on what to expect when you cheap shot someone (like Brannstrom did) with the crosscheck to the lower back, expect immediate justice/retaliation.