Dirty hit? Yup. No doubt.
Brad Marchand will likely receive what should amount to a three-game suspension today after his phone call with NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan following Saturday's low hit on Vancouver's Sami Salo. Deservedly so.
Yet, in the midst of the hue and cry leaking from the Pacific Northwest, the play reminds us of...something else.
Oh, right.
That's Game 1 of last spring's Stanley Cup Final, when Dan Hamhuis upended Milan Lucic, a hit labeled a "good, solid hip check," by analyst Ed Olczyk..
