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"The Player Safety Department Should Be Suspended": Auston Matthews’ Agent Judd Moldaver Blasts DoPS over Game Suspension Length for Radko Gudas
Radko Gudas received the maximum five-game suspension after a knee-on-knee hit caused Auston Matthews a Grade 3 MCL tear and ended his season, NHL said.
- On Friday, the NHL Department of Player Safety suspended Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas for five games for a knee-on-knee hit after a phone hearing.
- On Thursday night in Anaheim, Matthews' left knee collided with Gudas after a William Nylander pass, leading to Matthews leaving with a Grade 3 MCL tear and quad contusion, and Gudas' five-game suspension was announced on Friday.
- Gudas' disciplinary file shows prior suspensions, including four between 2015-19, bringing his total career suspension to 26 games and salary docked to $855,527, with a $104,167 forfeiture for this ban.
- Matthews's agent Judd Moldaver blasted the ruling and phone hearing as ‘laughable and preposterous,’ while coach Craig Berube called it a dirty play and Morgan Rielly took responsibility for the slow on-ice response.
- Under NHL rules, phone hearings carry a five-game maximum, as Evgeni Malkin also received this after a recent hearing announced at 9:44 a.m. ET.
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"The Player Safety Department should be suspended": Auston Matthews’ agent Judd Moldaver blasts DoPS over game suspension length for Radko Gudas
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews' agent, Judd Moldaver, has strongly criticized the NHL's Department of Player Safety following the five-game suspension handed to Anaheim Ducks captain Radk
Ducks’ Radko Gudas suspended 5 games for hit that injured Auston Matthews
The defenseman’s suspension for the knee-on-knee hit that ended the Toronto star’s season was limited to a maximum of five games because the hearing was handled via phone. Gudas’ fifth suspension in 14 NHL seasons makes him ineligible until a March 24 game at Vancouver.
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