Treliving: Talk of malicious intent by Giordano on McDavid hit 'garbage.' MORE:
Flames general manager Brad Treliving sounded off Friday on people who have claimed Calgary defenceman Marc Giordano purposely attempted to land a knee-on-knee hit on Edmonton Oilers captain“Any talk that there’s a malicious intent on the Gio hit is complete garbage,” Treliving told reporters.— Wes Gilbertson The incident in question occurred in the second period of the Flames' shootout win over the Oilers on Wednesday.
Afterwards, on the bench, McDavid expressed his frustration with the non-call by the referees and snapped his stick in half. "I don’t want to start a big media circus at all," McDavid said post-game. "He’s obviously a guy that plays hard and that’s that." On Thursday, Oilers head coach Dave Tippett said he didn't believe it was a knee thrown by Giordano, or that there was any bad intent on the play. Leon Draisaitl, however, voiced his displeasure for the hit and added he believed a penalty would have been called if McDavid went to the ice.
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