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Michal Rozsival's game misconduct shows NHL is concerned with wrong aspect of hits

Michal Rozsival got ejected from a game because a clean hit resulted in an injury. That is wrong.

There wasn't a whole lot that went right for the Chicago Blackhawks during Sunday's NHL Stadium Series game against the Minnesota Wild.

Their offense was stifled by the Minnesota blue line, while its own defensive corps struggled most of the afternoon. They also played the final 25 minutes with five defenseman after Michal Rozsival was given a game misconduct for a hit on Minnesota forward Jason Zucker:

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) February 21, 2016

I wrote the following in the recap:

Truthfully, I do not see anything wrong with that hit, for all of the reasons mentioned in that final tweet.