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Player Safety Botches Gudas Suspension Call
NHL Player Safety's handling of Radko Gudas' knee-on-knee demolition of Auston Matthews has vets in the league offices grumbling about inconsistency. The phone hearing limits punishment to five games even as Matthews nurses a lower-body injury that sidelined him immediately after the hit. Everyone remembers Gudas' rap sheet stacking up over a decade, and this decision underscores why repeat offenders keep testing the line without real fear.
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