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McDavid avoids suspension for headshot on Canadiens’ Kotkaniemi

It isn’t nothing. But it basically is. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has dropped a maximum (yes, maximum) $5,000 fine on Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid for his very unnecessary, and very late, blow to the head on Jesperi Kotkaniemi in Tuesday’s 4-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. As the NHL’s highest-paid performer, McDavid will forfeit 0.04 percent of his salary for the infraction, which many fans believed deserved a suspension. Here’s the knock, via Twitter user… Source link

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