sean2114 says:

the major difference is the state in which two guys are in when they fight. when they fight they are both ready and prepared to fight, you've see in they drop their gloves adjust their elbow pads etc., these dirty hits often see the player in defenseless postion, the player is in a position where they cannot prepare, are expecting or can defend themselves from a hit.

JTFinn says:

Richards is the one who ran Fleury with one second left in the game that sparked the Hartnell biting incident.

 

topshelf84 says:
so in the heat of the moment in a 2 second time frame , richards said to himself im gonna try to injure this dude ?   wow

eliteminority says:
Definitely worthy of a suspension. Cant believe the NHL continues to allow stuff like this to happen. No surprise though that it was a Flyer. They've always had the culture of being a dirty team, especially when Clark was the GM and even when he played!

NeedALock09 says:
What was wrong with the hit??? He was not trying to hurt him. He was skating with his head down and you dont do that in the NHL. It was a clean hit and nothing wrong with it. If this hit was wrong then why a couple years back when Scott Stevens flattened Paul Karayia and he was out cold on the ice, why wasnt that wrong. Was it not wrong cause on his next shift he ripped a slapper inside the blue line for a goal. Hockey is a contact sport and there will be hits like this. When players put hits on guys when they are defenseless then they should be fined and suspended. There was no intent on richards part to hurt him. ITS HOCKEY!!!! Skate with your head down in the middle of the ice you get put on your ass. Ill bet you that player wont find himself skating with your head down anymore.