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We can almost smell the playoffs. And what does this time of the year means? In the NHL, it usually means less penalties from the officials and tiny suspensions from the league for dangerous–and life threatning–assaults.
The course of the events in the NHL since the end of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics are just a sample of what's brewing for the next few weeks.
As if it wasn't enough, simply during the last few hours, we saw a very dangerous check in the back at full speed from Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin delivered to Brian Campbell of the Chicago Blackhawks. That potential serious injury was sanctioned for only two games by the league, mainly because Ovechkin did not decapitate his target in the process.
And because Ovechkin is a 50- ...
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Article written by Francois Gendron