Claude Julien glad no suspension for Lucic

Ok it's time to move on from the whole Lucic-Miller drama. Here are some quotes about the non-suspension from Claude Julien.

"From our end of it, we were convinced it wasn't deliberate," Claude Julien said. "We were hoping that was the decision that was going to be taken, and it was."

"I don't think they should be hit. Absolutely not," Julien said. "But there's a difference between a hit and a collision. That's always going to be a gray area in people's minds. Some people are going to call it a hit. Some people are going to call it a collision. As far as I'm concerned as a coach, I'll abide by any rule they want to put in there. If they say you can't touch him at all, you can't touch him at all. If they keep the rule the way it is, let's keep the rule the way it is. I know for a fact if Milan had intended on hitting him, he would have never got up. We know how hard he hits. That speaks for itself."
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Yesterday Brendan Shanahan also reacted to Buffalo's complaining about the non-suspension and comments that it's open season on goalies now.
"I think Buffalo's comments are irresponsible to suggest that it's open season," Shanahan said at the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony. "I will have this warning for players: 'It's not. If you run a goalie you're going to find yourself in the same situation that Lucic was today, you're going to have to explain yourself and you don't explain it sufficiently, and if I don't buy it, you're going to be suspended.'"
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Jack Edwards talking about possible revenge on November 23rd.


Update: Not surprised but interesting to see Ryan Miller admitted that they announced his concussion to try and get Milan Lucic suspended.
Miller revealed that he and the team went ahead with announcing he had a concussion in a bid to make a case that Lucic should be suspended.
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