This was not in any form like the dirty hit from Paukovich. In no way when Kaip was rolling towards him and after he hit the guy did anyone GASP OH MY GOD!!! It was a huge hit, yeah, but as far as being as dangerous as some tards describe on here, it wasnt. Let me point a few things out...
1. You NEVER lower your head like the wisonsin player did and take your eyes off your surroundings.
2. If it was soooo dirty why was no one extremely pissed right away? The crowd didnt even make a huge deal about it.
3. If you didnt notice the refs arm didnt even go up for a penalty until kaip was on the ice with him for a few seconds. If that was such a dirty and dangerous play, Shepherd or Campion would have had their arms up right away since thats all their good for.
4. It wasnt even the same kind of hit as the paukovich hit, so Im not sure how you can even compare it when he wasnt even facing the boards??
Yeah it was a penalty, but to go as far as saying it was dirty and dangerous, Im really not sure. Ive seen much bigger hits when guys heads are down(aka smaby on potulny a few years back on the blue line) and their heralded for great hits.