Hockey

Nazem Kadri suspended 8 games for a hit on Justin Faulk

The NHL suspended Nazem Kadri 8 games for his hit on Justin Faulk. Nazem Kadri’s suspension starts with Game 3 of Blues – Avalanche, which airs at 9:30 p.m. ET on USA Network (stream).

Note that, assuming the Avalanche are killed inside those 8 games, Nazem Kadri’s excess suspension will extend to the 2021-22 normal season.

This denotes the third season finisher suspension for Nazem Kadri in the previous four seasons — all in First Round arrangement. It would be hard for some other player to imitate this speed, as that is four multi-game suspensions in a window of 23 season finisher games.

Here is important for the clarification for the Nazem Kadri suspension by means of the Department of Player Safety:

Alongside Robert Bortuzzo, Justin Faulk won’t play in Game 3 for the Blues following that Nazem Kadri hit. The Blues were at that point confronting a difficult task in attempting to hang with the powerful Avalanche, and now their protection resembles this: