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On Sunday afternoon, Derek Boogaard served the first of what is a two-game suspension for a knee-to-knee hit on the Edmonton Oilers Ryan Jones.   There has been much made about the hit so far, with a few members of the media weighing in.   From the Cult of Hockey’s David Staples:   “So it happened again, just as it's happened so many times with Derek Boogaard and an Edmonton Oiler, Boogaard—the very definition of a goon hockey player—making an illegal hit and almost crippling Edmonton winger Ryan Jones.   This wasn't a hockey play, this was a crime on ice, the kind Boogaard is known for, and the kind he will continue to commit in NHL rinks until some player gets badly injured and decides to sue Boogaard, his coach, his franchise, and the NHL.&rdq ...

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Article written by Blake Benzel