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after making contact with Cernak’s head in the second period. He protested to no avail, while Cernak stayed down on the ice before leaving the game. The 27-year-old is meeting with the Department of Player Safety and it’s entirely possible he’ll earn a multi-game suspension for this incident.
“Bunts, to me, is trying to win the line and set himself up to win a race for the puck. It got away from him and their guy wasn't expecting it,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe offered instead. . This notion also gained some legs when Keefe suggested Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas would speak to the league about the perception of Bunting being mistreated by officials on the ice.addressed whether there was an overcorrection effect towards Bunting, when I told him that he was the NHL leader in penalties drawn at 5-on-5.Story continues
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