Brian Hayes

He probably would have earned some favor had he just barreled in there from 100 feet and did it anyways.

But it's tough.

It's a tough situation.

Right.

But one other thought, guys, one other thought is that if this happens two games from now, I'm sure there will be a different response.

If the same four guys are on the ice and Matthew Knight is the guy who gets hit, those four guys or, you know, three of them will probably go flying in there.

But it won't change that it's not sort of instinctive to the group.

it's a reactionary based out of the fallout of the embarrassment, you know, regret, whatever it might be, but it's not instinctive to the group.

And that's, that's, that's, that's, it has to be that way for, to really ring true.

I was surprised they didn't offer an in-person.

If Austin comes out with a torn ACL today, you'd like to have that flexibility depending on what happens.

I understand it's been enough years where he's not a technically repeat offender.

What did Spezza get?

He got six games or something for that knee or whatever he got that one time in the playoffs.

Matt Cook had seven games in the playoffs once for a kneeing hit.

Maybe a little bit worse than this one.

But I can't think of that many kneeing hits.

But just when I watched it and knowing the league without knowing the comps, I'm like, oh, two or three games.

Like, I wish it was more.

But, I mean, you know, I think that's sort of where these things in my mind where he's going to fall.