“I think we are still hopeful (he will play Sunday),” he said. via The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell. “I mean, it was a hockey hit for me. If it’s a suspensible play, all hits will probably have to be removed because he took no steps, he did not aim the head, a player was against the boards, he was upright and Tom hit him hard. I hope the player is okay, but for me the call was correct on the ice last night according to me. This hit happens so many times throughout the course of the game where someone hits someone on the boards, which is why I think we still hope Tom will be available for us.
Nice of Laviolette not to even have the decency to refer to Carlo by name.
The Caps head coach has made clear where he stands on Wilson’s reckless play, and he is complicit in everything Washington’s goon prefers from now on.
As for Carlo, he was discharged from the hospital on Saturday morning.
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