Flyers captain Mike Richards is apparently going to hear from Gary Bettman and the NHL suits in the near future due to a hit on the Panthers David Booth during Philly’s 5-1 win on Saturday.
Booth did get leveled, but we don’t see how or why this would warrant a suspension. Was it a hard hit? Absolutely. Having said that, it appears Richards was flying in toward the play and then hit Booth, who was doing the same. Your Daily Philadelphian doesn’t believe for an instant that Richards delivered this type of hit on purpose. It was just a result of the way both players were traveling across the ice.
You can judge for yourself. We’d love to hear your thoughts via comments.
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The problem was he lowered his shoulder to deliver the hit. So in that sense, it was a dirty hit. Otherwise, no.