Whether you like it or not, it was clean, and it was his shoulder that hit him, which led him to not get a suspension.

In hockey, you're taught to never watch your pass. I play hockey and I learned that, which is why I'm never laying on the ice after getting hit like that.

Don't admire your pass and you can avoid those types of hits. However, I do think these types of hits have to get eliminated. But players have gotta stop admiring their passes, plain and simple.

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