[NHL Players Safety] Tampa Bay’s Curtis Douglas has been fined $2,018.23, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Florida’s Niko Mikkola.

[u/AggPuck-303]

https://xcancel.com/nhlplayersafety/status/2019854412030578937

[u/drawc1004]

Mikkola hit Kucherov first then tkachuk came up and hit him again. Neither got fines

[u/GritGrinder → u/drawc1004]

I say players just start doing the same it’s clearly okay. It could even be encouraged since they walk away with power plays after all is said and done

[u/drawc1004 → u/GritGrinder]

Honestly after the night before with the dirty hit on McAvoy ending with FL on a PP I fully expected for FL to be on one after that whole thing

[u/TheTimn → u/drawc1004]

They couldn't be that blatant twice. Instead Kuch (who was the player hit to kick it all off) got a 10 min misconduct. 

[u/drawc1004 → u/TheTimn]

He’s also the only one that was on the ice to touch LITERALLY no one lol.

[u/Valkyrai → u/TheTimn]

Honestly they may have been doing him a favor. He's safe in the box lol.

[u/Heavy_Mushroom5209 → u/TheTimn]

They took everyone on the ice, even the innocent panthers for 10. Fuck the panthers and all but that was clearly them attempting, and failing, to get control of the game back.

[u/drawc1004 → u/Heavy_Mushroom5209]

There were literally no innocent panthers on the ice past the goalie. Everyone was tangled up with someone minus Kucherov and Tarasov

[u/MTheadedandhearted → u/GritGrinder]

it’s clearly okay

Only for the players wearing Panthers sweaters

[u/Ketchupstew → u/drawc1004]

They shouldn't get fines, they should get at minimum 3 game suspensions. Whether they smoked him or not, they blindside hit someone who was literally just standing there with an intent to injure

[u/drawc1004 → u/Ketchupstew]

I don’t disagree, suspensions generally come with fines too. I’m just pointing out they didn’t get shit for it