Raffi Torres is on the end of another arbitrary suspension by NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan as he was suspended for "the remainder of the second round of the playoffs," according to the NHL's Department of Player Safety.
Torres' questionable hit came against Jarret Stoll of the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Shanahan's video explanation of the hit and suspension is below:
This is obviously not the first time that Torres has been suspended for three or more games. Indeed, it was Torres who received a 25-game ban (later reduced to 21) for his hit in last year's playoffs that knocked the Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa out of the playoffs.
While it is obvious that Torres has a tendency to overstep the boundaries sometimes, it is actually Shanahan who managed to circumvent the NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement with his “second-round” suspension.
Regardless of whether one views this hit as a "clean" or "dirty" hit, the fact remains that Torres might have gotten hoodwinked as far as this suspension goes. As the suspension occur ...
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