New York Rangers' Jacob Trouba gets away with dirty elbow hit
The New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba will likely get away with a dirty elbow hit on Evan Rodrigues of the Florida Panthers in game three.
Once again, the referees made a debatable call during yesterday's game between the Rangers and the Panthers.
Jacob Trouba landed an elbow hit to the head of Evan Rodrigues and after handing him a five-minutes penalty, which automatically gets under review at the Department of Player Safety, refs changed their minds and reduced the penalty to a minor one.
How one of the most blatant & intentional elbows of his career (which is saying a lot) isn't a major just doesn't make any sense. What a joke. Dude's a total
How was this not a major?
If the NHL's DoPS decides to punish Trouba, we should know more about the situation later today. However, with only a two-minute penalty, we can expect that no consequences will be handed out to him. It that's what ends up happening, the Panthers will likely decide to seek revenge on their own, tomorrow, before game four.
Source: Daily Hockey Dose - Trouba to face potential suspension after nasty elbowing penalty
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