Shockingly, Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas will not be suspended for his hit on Buffalo's Daniel Catenacci, delivered in the waning minutes of last night's 5-1 win over the Sabres. He won't even have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety about it. Here's the hit in case you missed it:
We don't know the NHL's reasoning behind not suspending Gudas, but we are guessing that it has something to do with the crouched position that Catenacci was in. He's ducking, and his head is down, and it is indeed true that Gudas would not have hit him in the head had he been upright.