You won't find anyone who likes good clean physical hockey as much as I do. I also think players should be allowed to defend their teammates. It's all part of the game and its checks and balances.
What happened last night in Arizona was a disgrace.
First of all, the initial Radko Gudas hit on Shane Doan was fine. One hundred percent legal and a legitimate hockey play. It was Gudas' follow-up second hit to finish him off -- Gudas drove his forearm in, sandwiching Doan's head between it and the boards that had the Coyotes steaming mad at Gudas and rightfully so.
Gudas' name has come up too many times this season and during his career when it comes to borderline or over-the-line hits. It's time the NHL does something about it. He's been one of the Flyers' best players down the stretch, too, but what's right is right.
However, the response that Martin Hazal chose --targeting Claude Giroux for a similarly dirty hit and then intimating afterwards that it was deliberate -- is worthy of an in-person hearing and a long suspension.
What we've seen a lot in the NHL, though, is that they suspend mostly based on outcome. Doan and Giroux both left the game for precautionary concussion testing. Both were OK; no thanks to Gudas or Hanzal. To me, it doesn't change what happened and it should not affect how the NHL handles it.
Now if the question is what I do I think WILL happen, the answer is no supplementary discipline for either player. It's not what SHOULD happen, though.