It’s been an interesting week for the Calgary Flames and Milan Lucic. On Saturday in Columbus, Lucic had a physical altercation stemming from a player poking at his goaltender for a loose puck. On Sunday, Lucic was suspended for two games by the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety for the degree to which he got physical.
Sticking up for teammates isn’t a completely black and white set of circumstances, so it’s completely natural to feel a bit conflicted about how the weekend played out.
The 2018-19 Flames were a talented hockey club. They were superb in the regular season.