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    Reader poll: should Chimera be suspended?

    Tim Rosenthal March 30, 2012
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    Another day, and yet another discussion on whether or not NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan will lay down the law against Caps forward Jason Chimera for charging Adam McQuaid — that resulted in a five-minute major and a game misconduct — in the Bruins’ 3-2 shootout loss Thursday night at the TD Garden. McQuaid missed the rest of the game with a cut above his eyebrow according to coach Claude Julien, but seemed to have escaped a serious injury and is listed as day-to-day.

    Here’s a clip of the hit that occurred with six minutes left in the first period:

    Julien afterwards admitted that the penalty was deserved but also thought McQuaid put himself in a somewhat vulnerable position and that the act was unintentional.

    “He came off the bench and he was going hard — and maybe he was a little reckless — but there’s no doubt in my mind that it wasn’t intentional,” he said. “McQuaid turned himself in the last minute and, you know, put himself in a vulnerable position, but still, I agree with the referee’s call. It was a bit of a reckless hit and it deserved a five when you look at the replay, and they had to make that decision.

    You heard from Claude, now we want to hear from you. Should Chimera be suspended for his actions on McQuaid?

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    Tim Rosenthal serves as the Managing Editor of Bruins Daily. He started contributing videos to the site in 2010 before fully coming on board during the Bruins' Stanley Cup run in 2011. His bylines over the last decade have been featured on Boston.com, FoxSports.com, College Hockey News, Patch and Inside Hockey. You can follow Tim on Twitter @_TimRosenthal.

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    2 Comments

    1. Mark Marino March 30, 2012

      We had to tweak the poll and lost our previous nine (9) votes… Before the re-coding, the votes were:

      Yes: 6
      No: 3

    2. Joe March 30, 2012

      That was a hundred foot run. I like the 5 minute major and game misconduct but doubt he’ll be suspended.

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