George Parros NHL DoPS (NHLI/Getty Images)
So maybe having a former enforcer with 1092 penalty minutes in just 474 career games run the NHL’s Department of Player Safety isn’t the best idea.
The NHL was under fire even before they issued Tom Wilson a $5000 wrist slap. Calls for a suspension came almost immediately for the repeat offender who already knocked out a player this season with a high and hard hit. Brandon Carlo of the Boston Bruins was concussed by Wilson on March 5th and has played a grand total of three games since.