Michael Chaput puts unconscious teammate at unnecessary risk

It was as if getting retribution and revenge for the hit was more important than the player himself. Out cold, lying motionless Philip Larsen of the Vancouver Canucks received sticks and skates to his head as a line brawl broke out around him. Last night, New Jersey’s Taylor Hall took aim and hit Larsen behind the Canucks net. It wasn’t a blind side hit, nor did it appear Hall had his hands, arms, or elbows up as he made contact. It was a front-to-front, chest-to-chest hit that caught Larsen with his head down.

However, the shoulder, as Hall braces for impact does make contact with Larsen’s head, knocking him unconscious as he falls limply to the ice. The hit, in my opinion was clean. Arms…