Prepare for a blood bath Saturday night when the Buffalo Sabres travel to Chicago to play the Blackhawks. Maybe that is what the NHL wanted.
Niklas Hjalmarsson of the Blackhawks was officially suspended for two games by the NHL for a hit on Buffalo's Jason Pominville during Monday's game in Buffalo.
Conveniently for the NHL, his two game suspension ends on Saturday when the Buffalo Sabres come to town.
Pominville suffered a concussion and received stitches above his left eye after his head hit the glass. Many of the Sabres feel that the two game suspension is not sufficient to the damage he caused.
''If I had to play commissioner, I would have went more,'' Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff told the Buffalo News. ''Two games isn't a long time sitting in their case. They play a couple games this week and it's over in three days.''
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said, "You can't have a hit like that, it's dangerous. I'm glad he admitted he didn't mean to do it. But you've got to change the culture some time, and I hope the league wakes up and sets a precedent for the year."
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