Sunday, October 27, 2013

Could Dubinsky Get a Call?

My Ducks are on the road still and they were in Columbus Sunday night for a tilt with the Jackets. They won 4-3, but another Ducks player has been lost for some amount of time. And it's possible Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky could be getting a call.


Saku Koivu was knocked out of the game from a hit from Dubinsky. Dubinsky was ejected from the game and received a five-minute major for interference and a game misconduct. It happened with 35 seconds left in the period when he hit Koivu soon after releasing the puck. Koivu was dazed and helped by teammates to the dressing room. No update on his condition was given.

Dubinsky has had trouble with the league before. Last season, he was fined $10,000 last season for boarding Rob Scuderi, who then was with the Los Angeles Kings. And it should be no surprise that he might get a call from Brendan Shanahan about this latest hit. I do believe he'll get a call and he'll get a couple of games for this. If this is an in-person hearing, five or six games. If this is not, probably two to three. This was not entirely a vicious hit, in my opinion, but either way, there's gotta be some justice for being this bad of a hit. Let's hope the league listens.

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