<p>Justin Abdelkader could probably be suspended. You shouldn't drop MMA-style fists and elbows on a guy when he's on his back, like Mike Blunden was on Friday night. in the last minute of the Red Wings' 5-2 lo s to the Lightning.</p><p>If there's a line in brawls like this, Abdelkader probably cro Chance Sisco Jersey sed it. It was an alarming, near-impre sive display of rage though, we'll give him that much.</p><p>MORE: |</p><p>There was a Jonathan Villar Jersey fair amount of dumb stuff that happened earlier in the game and during that me s, though, and that stops it from being an easy call. If nothing else, it raises some interesting questions about what, exactly, we expect from the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>Abdelkader had to emerge from the pile to throw punches because Blunden and Cedric Paquette took him to the ice in the first place. You can watch it at the 0:09 mark of the video.</p><p>Is that something you want to see? Probably not though it's not far from what everyone loves and venerates about playoff hockey. Is it Renato Nunez Jersey demonstrably more dangerous than what Abdelkader did to Blundenwhen he rolled out of the takedown? Probably not two guys jumping on another's back isn't a Brooks Robinson Jersey recipe for anything good.</p><p>"That's not smart from their guy," Paquette . "When there's a guy laying on the ice like that, you respect the opponent."</p><p>What abouttrying to take him to the ice in the first place? What respect quotient is involved there? And that's not blaming Paquette for anything; it's a tough call to make.</p><p>Now, go to 0:37 mark; Nikita Nesterovpunches Brad Richards, already on his a s,in the back of his unhelmeted head. Richards was nearly as defensele s as Blunden. Should Nesterov sit for a game? He got five minutes for fighting, one of 14 penalties handed out after the me s. Is that enough?</p><p>We buy the violence up to a significant point. We want Andrew Cashner Jersey it, butwe want it on our terms. That's not how Keegan Akin Jersey it works; it's more complicated than that, and what happened in Tampa on Saturday night is Example A.</p><p>This sport, at this time of year, walks a particularly fine line, and the line tends to move. Many of us root for chaos and violence, and the NHL can't help but sell it. Debates like this ones that don't produce obvious winners are one of the consequences.</p>