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Ovechkin suspended two games by NHL

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Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post is reporting that the NHL has suspended Alex Ovechkin two games for his hit on Brian Campbell in yesterday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

I am of a split mind on this decision.

First, this is what the NHL should have done from the very beginning. Ovechkin has had far too many instances of reckless behavior this season, and is going to have to learn a tough lesson before his reckless behavior before he either hurts someone else or hurts his team once the playoffs begin.

Yet it’s obvious there never would have been a suspension had Campbell not been hurt. That doesn’t change the fact that Ovechkin’s hit was reckless and dangerous, and just as worthy of a suspension as the NHL ultimately deemed it to be.

Now about that Steve Downie suspension. Oh, wait...

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