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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4859163, member: 173"]
The NHL really needs to get past the mentality they don't suspend players if no injury occurs.  The high stick to the head by Trouba against Frederic resulting in only a $5K fine could set a bad precedent.  I like the direction the NHL has gone over the last two decades with skill being emphasized and fights occurring less and less frequently - I can't remember the last game I went to where there was a legitimate fight - but that depends on the NHL levelling out significant enough penalties for fouls that players feel the league is enough of a deterrent.

The risk the league is taking by not taking things like Trouba's high stick seriously enough is that some team is going to feel the penalty didn't fit the crime and will take matters into their own hands.  The last time that happened in a significant way was the 2/11/11 game between the Islanders and Penguins, when the Isles had numerous goons on the ice that day taking cheap shots at the Penguins.  I'm not sure what that would look like in a league where goons have largely been phased out -but if the Department of Player Safety doesn't get its act together, we're likely to find out.
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