Burnside thinks Alfie should have been suspended

[Dr. Lecter]

Part way through this story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2007/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=2872810


A few days ago Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson drilled Buffalo defenseman Henrik Tallinder into the boards in the Eastern Conference final. No penalty was called on the ice and no supplemental discipline was meted out by the league.
A one-game suspension would have been appropriate. Who knows what would have happened had that been the case. Alfredsson scored the winner in Game 3 to give the Senators an insurmountable three-game lead over the Sabres.

[Dozerdog]

Yep

[OpIv37]

I still can't believe he wasn't penalized for that play. There are ticky-tack calls that could go either way in every game, but that one was about as blatant as it gets. We're lucky Tallinder got up.

[Meathead]

what a huge diff that woulda made in those two (1.5) games