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The Pittsburgh/Washington Series Turning Nasty

05/03/2016 at 7:01am EDT

from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

The hits keep on coming in a series loaded with skill but dominating the headlines for the wrong reasons.

A game after Brooks Orpik leveled Olli Maatta with a high, late hit that garnered the Washington Capitals defenseman a three-game suspension, star blueliner Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins is now facing potential supplemental discipline for his high hit on Marcus Johansson in Game 3 on Monday night.

The series began with Tom Wilson's questionable leg-on-leg hit on Conor Sheary in Game 1, which netted him a fine.

There has been a constant undercurrent of hate between the two rivals. We all love tough, emotional, physical hockey -- as long as it doesn't cross the line.

This series needs to be reined in.

The question now is whether this series turns on Letang's hit or not. His absence would be a huge blow to a thin Penguins blue line.

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