"I think the league could've done a little bit more, seeing as our best player [and] our captain [is] not going to be with us for the rest of the year. That's a big loss. Looking at it, we lose our guy, our captain for the year. It doesn't seem like enough for me. You lose your star player for the year. The guy doing it is a repeat offender. It just doesn't seem like enough."
"I believe Auston's been ruled out for quite a while, right? So it's going to [miss] more than five games, so it easily could've been longer. Can't say five games is nothing but it could have been longer."
"The NHL Department of Player Safety handed Gudas a five-game suspension on Friday for 'a forceful, dangerous and direct knee-on-knee collision' with Matthews in the second period of Toronto's win over the Ducks on Thursday night. Matthews had to be helped from the ice."
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas received a five-game suspension from the NHL Department of Player Safety for a knee-on-knee collision with Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews. The hit resulted in a Grade 3 MCL tear and quad contusion that will sideline Matthews for the remainder of the season. Leafs players and coach Craig Berube expressed dissatisfaction with the punishment, citing Gudas's four previous suspensions totaling 21 games during his 14-year career and the severity of Matthews's injury. Teammates Matthew Knies and John Tavares argued the suspension could have been longer, with Tavares noting Matthews will miss significantly more than five games. Coach Berube emphasized that losing a star player for the season warrants stricter discipline, especially for a repeat offender.
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