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wayfast, go into your leg and throw a flying elbow at some guy who is away from the boards and then try to sell the ref and the league that it was with in 3 seconds. i bet you end up suspended too.
it isn't about time, it is about the way the hit was delivered. the distance from the boards that is in the boarding rule is exactly about what happened. he was hit, his head then struck the boards. head injuries are dangerous, and that is why the rules exist to protect people against them.
there is also not a league in the world that allows players to throw elbows, much less full speed flying elbows. so that is strike 2.
then add the fact that he left his feet to deliver the hit. leaving your feet does not mean that they are both clear of the ground really, just that neither of them are taking controlled strides when you deliver the blow. the idea of keeping the players solidly on their feet wehn delivering hits is similar to the boarding rule, to keep the hits on the body and away from the head and neck area. welcome to strike 3
the charging call is the most obvious one here. you get three strides in the nhl to deliver a hit(as far as i know the NCAA and junior use the same standard). downy had an easy 10 stride lead up to the hit, four he may have been able to get away with, 10 is far far too much and multiplies the force of the hit a ton. again, this rule is in place to prevent serious injury and BTW, that makes strike 4.
now, if out of all of these rules the best defense you can come up with is 3 seconds to finish a hit, it really shows that you know little of and care very little for the integrity and safety of the players and the game.
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