We spoke about the knee-on-knee hit when it happened, with my personal opinion being the suspension most worthy is an eye-for-an-eye suspension. If Mikko Koivu misses a month of action, so should Mark Giordano, given he’s the cause of the time the Minnesota Wild player misses.
Obviously, that isn’t the way the world works, especially not the NHL Department of Player Safety, who can make some rather questionable decisions on suspension lengths from time-to-time.
The perfect comparison in terms of this knee-on-knee hit was one that the Minnesota Wild themselves suffered a few years back in the play-offs.