According to NHL, here’s why Dominic Moore escaped suspension for Fedotenko hit

I think it's fine PMB received two games, Never Swing Your Stick At Anyone. This is completely different, guys get in each others space all game long. Also, Fedotenko, Calvert, and everyone else, keep your stick down, Please! Nothing good ever comes of holding your stick at face level.

Sometimes Puck Daddy makes the stupidist comparisons. If he can't see the huge difference between these two plays then maybe he should go to writing about golf.

The precedent I'm most upset about is Wolski#$%$ on Alfredsson. THAT was a missed suspension that Wolski clearly deserved.

Throw away the instigator rule. Please. NHL.

as temting and emotional as it is for the comentators to speak thier minds on the game they can have an influence on the fans and public that can portray the players and the game in a very bad light! I do not think this was a blatantly intentional hit as was comentated, it turned out bad due to the timing and the angles but comon, sorry for what happened but I think Shanahan called thuis one right!

Can you get of the Bouchard thing already. These two instances ARE NOT COMPARABLE in the slightest!

If you cannot tell the difference between this, in play, interference and how his own stick came up and hit his face, and a guy who swings his stick high AT a player away from the play, you should reconsider even writing about Hockey IMO, because that is just ridiculous.

Apparently, Shanahan is no daVinci,,

Leonardo daVinci: "He who does not punish evil commands it to be done."

Fortunately, the game is hockey, where what goes around, comes around. Moore will pay, sooner or later.

I disagree that Moore even should have got a fine. this is incidental contact. His back hit an opposing players stick which in turn hit the stick owner in the face. Its unfortunate that Tank was injured but they are playing hockey not figure skating.

what is lost in all of this is intent. Moore was not attempting to hit the stick or the hands... he was coming blind side and trying to knock the guy off his skates. Lets be thankful it wasn't a shoulder as it most certainly would have been good night irene. Instead it's a slash in the face that he can come back from. As for Moore, he got off lucky considering he was attempting to level the guy from behind... I guess the NHL is going to give this guy one more chance until he ends someone's career, and everyone asks "how was this goon allowed to do this to so many players..."

Shame on Shanahan. Track record and intent should be enough to warrant a suspension.

Wysh - I'm pretty sure the message for Bouchard (and everyone else) is that when you swing your stick at someone - no matter what your intent - you are responsible for any bad thing that happens as a result. I can see the argument for the same principle applying here, which is why they fined Moore for the interference - keeping in mind that in this case it was Fedotenko's stick that hit his face, and in Bouchards case it was Bouchards stick that hit Calvert.

So I'm curious... if you blindside hit a guy (without hitting his head) and his head hits, say the goalpost or the glass or whatever... it's non-suspendible and just a fine? At least Chara#$%$ on Pacioretti was not blindside - but people called the freaking police!!! Moore is a cheapshot artist and hopefully will be destroyed the next time he's in NY.

Seriously. More of the same. Nothing settled. Same type of clowns on discipline committees.

This is a farce!! The intent was there as well, is it coincidence that 10 secs prior to the play Moore gets hit by Fedontenko?

It would've been fine had Moore not 'shrugged' his shoulder up knowing it would hit RF square in the chin. He did that knowingly and knew where he was going to hit him, sounds to me like Shanaban is hanging with Colin Campbell too much..

How did LUcic hit on Miller ever be claimed to not have intent to injure after crap like this. WOW

Shanahan blew another one.......shouder to jaw, don't give me #$%$ about the stick in between, Fedetenko's head snaps back when Moores shoulder hits his jaw...if that is not exactly what they are trying to get rid of...no puck, just bind side hit to head.....this actually could be used a prime example of the type of hit they are trying to get rid of...unbelievable

Dominic was pissed that Feds took him out along the boards and thats why he gave him a blind side, should have bee a suspension for sure, intent to injure was there you can see it in the body reaction, elbow up. PS RANGERS AND TB SUCK.

Greg, why are we even discussing the PM Bouchard swing? I mean Bouchard didn't try to McSorely Calvert, but the end result was just the same. Name that rule: A player must be in control of his stick at all times. Bouchard caught Calvert in the face because he wasn't in control of his stick; if he was he wouldn't have hit him in the face. It's not a popular decision because Bouchard is Bouchard, but it's the correct one. Ask yourself, had it been Matt Cooke would he have been suspended too? If it had been Crosby swinging, he'd deserve a suspension as well. We can't expect the Department of Player Safety to simply drop a case based on the player's name any more than we can expect them to suspend a player based on his name.

Moore took a pretty deliberate step in front of Fedotenko, and made unnecessary contact which resulted in an interference minor. I hope we're not debating the validity of that call. As to why it went further, the TV angles appeared to show a head shot, so it had to be investigated. It's good to know that it wasn't one of those intentional face-breaking plays, and it's good to see that he only got fined for reckless contact. That's all it was, he had the ability to avoid contact with Fedotenko and he didn't, it resulted in an injury so the fine is well-deserved. At the beginning of the play, there's talk of a hit by Fedotenko on Moore. It was a pretty solid hit. One has to think that the decision-makers took that into account as well.

I can see that you have a great conviction when it comes to the Bouchard suspension, but why do you keep bringing it up when there's no real link to the latest investigation?

Looking forward to your response.

Never mentioned......at the start of the clip....Fedetenko hits Moore along the boards........after which Moore circles and comes back into the play...and clips RF. It is clearly a little back...for the hit along the boards. This is how a lot of bad things happen....one guy takes a hit...and decides he did not appreciate it...and gives it back. As clearly stated in the clip....Moore had the choice to slide by and avoid contact...and didn't. Nuff said.

So if the hit is "borderline" as you say, why is the decision so puzzling?