Pittsburgh Penguins forward Arron Asham spoke publicly on his suspension for the first time with Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Asham said that he was surprised with the suspension by the NHL and compared himself to another player suspended recently, Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom.
Asham, on his 4-game suspension: "I was surprised by the number of games. I thought (Nicklas) Backstrom's was a lot worse."
— Dave Molinari (@MolinariPG) April 19, 2012
He thinks that what Backstrom did was worse than what he did? Its a good thing that the NHL is so open with their decision making that they post these videos explaining the rationale behind the suspensions.
Asham:
Backstrom:
It appears that what Asham did was much more egregious than what Backstrom did.
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