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The Duncan Keith Suspension
by Paul on 04/01/16 at 08:33 PM ET
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from Damien Cox of Sportsnet,
Basically, Stephane Quintal said, “We’ve seen this movie before from Duncan Keith.”
Quintal wasn’t in charge of NHL Player Safety when Keith was previously suspended; Brendan Shanahan was. But in suspending Chicago’s star defenceman on Friday night for high-sticking Minnesota’s Charlie Coyle, Quintal drew a direct line between that incident and another one almost three years ago when Keith high-sticked L.A.’s Jeff Carter in a Stanley Cup playoff game.
Keith got a single playoff game ban, and on Friday, Quintal gave him one playoff game again, plus five relatively meaningless regular season games.
An increase in punishment, yes. A drastic increase for a twice-suspended player with a history of nasty stick infractions? No.
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