Was Mark Stone's Controversial Hit On Miro Heiskanen A Dirty Play Or Just Unfortunate?

If you're a fan of the Dallas Stars or Finland, you might not want to look at social media today. That's where you'll find a segment of the population that wants to see Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone suspended for life and banished to hell for what looked like a cross-body block on Miro Heiskanen Tuesday night.

But there's a good chance the NHL's Department of Player Safety won't do either, simply because it was a hockey play that went sideways, both literally, in the case of Stone's trajectory, and figuratively.

Even Stars coach Peter DeBoer acknowledged that Stone, whom he coached for five years, isn't a dirty player. You might not like how he goes on LTIR and then magically gets healthy for the playoffs, but DeBoer is right.

Unfortunately, it was a case of a bad thing happening in hockey. And speaking of bad things, some terrible things happened to Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Scott Oake, and he turned tragedy into something inspiring and wonderful. It's all in his memoir, For the Love of a Son, which came out recently and deserves a special mention.

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