In the wake of the season-ending injury to Toronto Maple Leafs star center Auston Matthews, the NHL had an opportunity to send a message to the player who caused it – Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas. Instead, the league’s player safety department only gave Gudas a five-game suspension on Friday. And in this writer’s opinion, that wasn’t nearly enough for a flagrantly dirty hit by a player who has been suspended multiple times in his career. Indeed, Gudas hasn’t faced supplemental discipline since he was suspended for two games in 2017 for a high-stick incident. But you don’t get a cookie for abiding by the NHL’s rulebook. That’s what’s expected of all...
