You have it absolutely right (and for a much lower salary than this 2 clowns on Vs. oops NBC Sports, different name same sh..)

They also conveniently overlook the fact if he truly was trying to “low bridge” Lecavalier, after he ducked, he would have planted his feet near/against the boards to shift his weight and momentum towards the center of the ice- otherwise known as ‘engaging in a hit.’

Instead, Malkin ducked, lost his balance and fell forward- otherwise known as ‘avoiding a hit.’

Great write up Stephen. I like how you compared the hit to the Marchand/Salo hit. There will be plenty of people out there who still disagree, but I really don’t see how other than just being haters. Malkin did nothing dangerous and just got out of the way. I don’t even know how Lecavalier even thinks Malkin was going for his knees.

Malkin gave him a cheap shot, even though Vinny followed him around the ice looking for trouble

If you put any other player from any other team in Malkin’s shoes, and then replaced Lecavalier with any Penguin, I would still say it looked like the player targeted for the hit was just trying to avoid it. I didn’t think anything of it when it happened and frankly was a bit surprised to see how much was being said about it after the game.

makes me want to lobby for a right to have kids clause in the consitution…if you are this stupid

you loose your testicles or overies

Milbury is still pissed about Ulf’s hit on Neely and getting caught beating up on youth hockey players…the dude is a complete idiot. NBC has assembled, by far, the largest group of douche bag commentators in the history of sports.