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Here's the Inquirer's Tim Panaccio on Chris Simon's suspension:

When a player swings a stick like a bat at the throat of another player, he can break the opponent's neck, collapse his windpipe, fracture the cervical spine, and cause paralysis or death. What Chris Simon did to Ryan Hollweg was criminal, regardless of the fact that Hollweg is a punk. Simon should be suspended through the next half-season. The level of violence in the NHL has reached the point where radical change must be implemented. Such as: League general managers should adopt a rule whereby the offending player gets an automatic 25-game suspension. Furthermore, if the harmed player is injured and forced to miss games, the offending player should remain inactive until the other player recovers. Under this rule, Todd Bertuzzi would be out of hockey, just as Steve Moore is right now.