Bruins' Brad Marchand to have hearing with Department of Player Safety for slew foot

The Department of Player Safety still has Brendan Lemieux to deal with Tuesday, but will focus on Brad Marchand Monday. The Boston Bruins forward will have a hearing Monday for slew-footing Vancouver Canucks defenseman Oliver-Ekman Larsson.

The incident occurred partway through the first period of Sunday night’s game and Marchand did not receive a penalty on the play. Ekman-Larsson also did not suffer a serious injury, going on to play more than 24 minutes in the game.

This is not the first slew foot to draw the attention of the DoPS this season, in fact, it appears as though this season is going to be ruled by the offense given how often it has been in the headlines so far. P.K. Subban has been involved in several incidents (which were notably referred to as trips, not slew foots), while Ryan Hartman earned a $4,250 fine recently. Kevin Labanc is the only one to have earned a suspension for a slew foot this season, drawing a one-game ban for his incident earlier this month.

In Labanc’s video explanation, the league used the following language to explain the suspension:

"What causes this play to rise to the level of supplemental discipline is the speed the players are traveling, and their proximity to the boards."

Ekman-Larsson also collided with the boards after the Marchand incident, though the pair weren’t traveling at an exceptional speed. It will be interesting to see if the league decides on a fine or suspension in this case.