Depending on which bench or broadcast booth you were sitting in on Saturday night, the hit by Nashville's Jordin Tootoo on Buffalo's Ryan Miller was either a "suspend-able offense" or a "hockey play." There was little middle ground of opinion.Predators coach Barry Trotz was asked about the penalty in his post game presser. "I wouldn’t say excessive but sensitive would probably be a better word because of the Ryan Miller and the Lucic situation. I think it may be a bit oversensitive."Trotz explained his view of the play. "Tootoo’s on his off-hand which is a great spot to take a power move to the inside. I thought we were going pretty good – it wasn’t like it was a one-sided game where a team was up by three or four goals. We were coming really hard and trying to take pucks to the net and he gets in traffic.""He’s on the right side and he puts the puck into his power move and he wants to get across the front. He tried to avoid him i...
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