VIDEO: Dallas' Steve Ott performs head-removal surgery on Panthers' Gregory Campbell

Definitely a charge … but “as bad as it gets” ??? I think Potvin is losing his mind.

It was an illegal hit and he deserved a major for it. I also thought we would be hearing about a suspension on this one.

After watching it a few times (with commentators muted), I think its just a really hard, sorta late hit. It was a combination of Campbell looking back right as he’s getting hit, his proximity from the boards and Ott taking a few strides too many on his way to the hit.

I don’t think it’s malicious and I also don’t think it was an obvious blow to the head. Arms and elbows werent up, it just a hard hit.

I applaude McCabe for his response as well. Nothing wrong with protecting a teammate. However, where was the instigator? Trevor Daley did the exact same thing a few weeks ago and got hit with it, why not here?

Also, any video of a supposed stick swing to Ott’s neck late in the game?

the point is that Ott made no play on the puck. You cant just attack another ‘defenseless’ hockey player because you are pissed off. Guys can really get hurt, the the NHL needs to make sure these kind of things are avoided.

Im not biast, if a Panther made this kind of move, i’d be saying the same thing.

He should absolutly be suspended…safety needs to be a high priority, and in this case a message should be sent. I think 2-3 games would be sufficent…but I’m sure it wont be more then 1, if anything at all.

With the league being highly inconsistent with suspensions and tending towards none, I’d expect no suspension. On the other hand, they have been talking a great game about how head hits are bad, should be punished, etc – but its only talking, their actions aren’t backing their words mostly.

Should be a 3 game suspension in my opinion, since its fairly nasty.

I thought Ott’s elbow went straight for Campbell’s head on this one. Yes, Campbell had his head turned the wrong way and never saw it coming, which is party his fault. But Ott took off from the opposite dot and never stopped. It was bad.

Also, earlier in the month, Ott was suspended for gouging Travis Moen’s eye after a fight. Now this. The league usually goes after repeat offenders pretty hard, I’d be surprised if we don’t hear something by the end of the day.

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