Either way, the NHL has suspended him indefinitely pending a review of the incident and a sit-down with the league for that incident. If he is found to have intentionally hit him, he will be suspended for a minimum of 20 games, maybe even more.
The video that's out there of this hit can't help him in any respect. Based on it, it felt he did do this deliberately and we really can't take anybody's word for it. Now maybe he was confused and hurt and trying to get off the ice, but I think he was conscious enough to know that the linesman was in the way and could've avoided him at all costs.
Now, to the other side, to the linesman, I think he needs to be more aware of his surroundings. I understand that you're trying to keep your eyes on the puck to make sure nothing happens, but he also needs to understand that he needs to look behind him to see if there are any other players coming towards the bench, which is what Wideman tried to do. But officiating is probably one of the hardest things to do, and I can understand why the linesman didn't look back, because he was focused on where the puck was.
I don't know what the league is going to believe, but video evidence is probably gonna trump any explanation, so it's probably gonna happen that Wideman is going to get 20 games or more for this. Obviously, this was a bad incident that probably shouldn't have happened, but it did and now Wideman is gonna head to the sidelines for a bit while the league figures out what to do about this. Yes, Wideman is in trouble and it'll probably cost him a couple of games. We'll just need to see what the NHL decides.
What do you think, puck heads? Do you think it was deliberate? Check out the video here at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4PoDrqv-E
and tell me what you think should happen to Wideman.
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