According to Elliotte Friedman, the NHL have issued warnings to the Detroit Red Wings and Vancouver Canucks, as they suspect possible retaliation to be levied towards Jake Walman.
After his overtime winner, Walman did the 'griddy', and while some loved it, other people saw it as major disrespect, and with the two teams playing again, there's no surprise that whispers of retaliation became very loud.
On one hand, there's no doubting that such a celebration can be seen as a disrespectful act, but on the other hand, there's no denying that an overtime winner is a thrilling moment, and especially for a young player, it needs to be celebrated.
Ultimately, this Canucks team is full of physical forces like Tyler Myers and Nikita Zadorov, so it will be interesting to see how this game is handled even if the warning is given from the NHL like Friedman appears to expect.
As Read on Blade of Steel - NHL issues warning to two teams about retaliation after player embarrassed other team
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FÉVRIER 13 | 252 ANSWERS MAJOR: Two Teams Receive Warnings From the NHL for Potential Violent Retaliation Will Walman still see retaliation despite this warning? | ||
| Yes | 146 | 57.9 % |
| No | 106 | 42.1 % |
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| Josh Doan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zach Benson | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Bowen Byram | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Kirby Dach | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jansen Harkins | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Beckett Sennecke | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mark Stone | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Demidov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Kreider | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan Poehling | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Troy Terry | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Shea Theodore | - | 1 | 1 | |
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