I can't find a number or email on NHL.com to contact their Player Safety department. Did I miss it? Can anyone please post a way to contact them with a complaint about their decision not to review that hit?

Just called the NHL main number 212-789-2000 and asked to talk to someone in Player Safety, and reached them that way. I told the person who answered that there was a tweet out that the NHL would not review last night's hit by John Carlson on Matt Cooke. She would not comment, even on whether the decision was finalized, but said it would be posted on NHL.com (eventually). I again expressed my concern because: (1) it was a blatant hit, (2) right at the end of a game the offending player's team was losing, and (3) against a player others might want to target for past history, and I didn't think any of those was a good message to send by giving the offender a pass on the hit. She listened politely and said she would take the message. I don't suppose it will change anything, but they shouldn't think people didn't notice.

Pathetic. Trying hard not to be a homer, but it's just pathetic. I'd like to think that if it was Asham or Cooke throwing the cheap shot then we'd be fine with a suspension. Nothing has changed.

That is BS.

Also how come 6'4" Erksine goes after 5'11" Asham? Surely there has to be smaller players on the Craps who will pick a fight on Asham.

From the league office:

The worst-looking part of the play is when Carlson flares out his right arm. But he does that as he's past Cooke, in a "get out of my way, I have to get up ice" kind of way.

Translation: The NHL considers Matt Cooke to be a meathead (dead from the neck up) and thus cannot be injured by a blow to the head. As such a player who does connect with his head will not face disciplinary action.

My opinion: that's crap.

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″The Department of Player Safety reviewed it extensively,″ Dellapina said. ″Its view was that Carlson didn't see Cooke until the last moment. He might even have been blocked by (Capitals left wing Alex) Ovechkin. When Carlson sees he's going to collide with Cooke, he cringes rather than leaning into him. ... The most troubling-looking moment is when Carlson flares his right arm. But that, in the DPS' view, was more an effort to ward off Cooke while getting up the ice.″. What a crap excuse, NHL justice is based on who you are and who you hit. What a joke.