Scary moment in Pittsburgh which may change the fate of the NHL Playoffs...
Its early to say, and hopefully it just looked worse than it was, but Sidney Crosby may not return in the playoffs...
Sidney Crosby hurt after taking a Niskanen cross-check to the head pic.twitter.com/T8P3iGK1m8
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 1, 2017
To me, at first it looked unintentional...and was just a reaction by Matt Niskanen...as Crosby was off balance towards him...However there is a history between the players, and the more I watch it, the less I am sure....Sidney Crosby was falling and Niskanen ended up hitting Sid in the head.
Crosby was prone on the ice, motionless for a few minutes...Niskanen was given a 5 minute major and a game and may be suspended..
Earlier in the second round, I felt Nashville's Kevin Fiala was taken out of the playoffs and beyond by a dirty hit by Robert Bortuzzo...most people felt that the Bortuzzo hit was accidental, but I didn't.
There will be more to talk about it all tomorrow, but the question right now is...
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