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Wilson is a Victim of His Own Reputation

Death, taxes and a controversial Tom Wilson hit.

In Friday’s 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils, the top line winger was given another match penalty, this one for a “illegal check to the head.”

The main point of contact was clearly the shorter.

Looks to me like he tried to avoid. pic.twitter.com/e2P8ZGEp6E

— Marcus Boutilier (@SportMajor) December 1, 2018

And, again, people were already calling for suspensions and calling it a reputation call. This one seems like it is the latter.

Even the person Wilson hit admitted he didn’t get hit in the head.