@Gary and St. Louis ... Calgary wants a say in having some bad contracts. Huberdeau could go down as the worst contract ever if this is the kind of player he is. Kadri was always punching way above his weight class in Colorado, and that's a brutal overpayment as well.
@Rom.... we must've watched a different play. There was no cross-check to the neck whatsoever. For starters, Joseph only had one hand on his stick, and it's clearly a punch/shove to Larkin - his stick never comes close to Larkin's head.
https://youtu.be/Sv8ANsUPWjk?t=170 It's unfortunate that as he's going down, Larkin ends up getting a fist in the jaw from #27/Kelly as well. I mean, it was a freak accident - I suspect it was Kelly's fist that knocked him out, but it could have also been his face hitting the ice. Thank god for face shields, or it's Kevin Stevens all over again (just thinking about that incident makes me cringe). As opposed to Perron, who went full goon mode just hitting anyone (Zub), who just happened to be standing there.
Meanwhile, great win by the Leafs last night - completely dominating the Rangers (where's Count been, btw??) in the 1st. Though, to be fair, that was as much bad play by NYR... just watch the first goal, and Willie goes through all 5 Rangers like a hot knife thru soft butter, then dishing off to Matthews. NYR showed up strong in the 2nd, but the Leafs held the line, and got a nice regulation time win. 1 point behind the Panthers, with 2 games in hand.
The Oilers are back in the hunt. This is the team we all expected. Man, they even had a DECENT start, they'd be right there with Vancouver for 2nd in the West.