A suspension is harsh but a 3 second penalty is hardly going to deter players from trying to injure the opposition in games that are already decided. Perhaps the league should look at carrying over penalties from one game to the next during a series. A player would think twice about taking a needless penalty in the dying seconds of a game if they knew they were going to leave their team shorthanded in the following game.n_v said:cheap move? yes.
penalty? yes.
fine? yes.
suspension? no.