But of course; Flyers SBN blogger didn't think Richards hit warranted a suspension

They don't call the Flyers the Broad Street Bullies for nothing. I find this blog post and the comments to be remotely entertaining, I thought I would share them with you... The sad part is that Karma has a way of evening things out. Eventually Mike Richards is going be on the receiving end of one of these hits... It will be interesting to see if the Flyers fans will say the same things they are now. There was no malicious intent, players shouldn't have put himself in that position, blah, blah, blah.

Broad Street Hockey ---- I base my opinion off of a few things. For starters, I don't believe there's any malicious intent from Richards, and it does sound horrible and you feel bad saying it, but there's definitely some onus on Connolly to not put himself in that kind of position. The rulebook even says that.

But for the most part, I think the lack of suspension is the right call based solely on the precedent we've seen in these playoffs so far. Jarret Stoll sat one game for direct contact to the head of Ian White, as did Chris Kunitz for his elbow to the head of Simon Gagne. Those are much more egregious hits than Richards', considering the whole contact-to-the-head factor.

Richards isn't innocent in the slightest bit, and honestly, I'd be surprised if this wasn't a suspension in the regular season. Now, though, this isn't suspension worthy in the playoffs, as the NHL has held a pretty strong line on not enforcing this hit-from-behind stuff. That should change, but for now, the Flyers have their captain in Game 7.