Honestly? This clip explains a lot. There are players that get labeled 'dirty' - much like Radko Gudas - in all sports, and I feel like we are always left wondering how discipline never seems to work on them no matter how many times they get fined or suspended for blatantly crossing the line. Well, let the initial response from the Flyers' glorified parking cone turned lumberjack tell you everything you need to know about the the type of player that swings down on the neck of an opponent like he's auditioning for ISIS. That instinctual "oh come on, what now?" reaction to the calling of one of the most obvious and egregious penalties ever taken is a look inside the small, overly-compartmentalized brain of a player that literally cannot decipher right from wrong while on a hockey rink. I'd probably consider that play an 'Intent to Behead' simply because 'Intent to Injure' wouldn't do it justice. I can't even call it a match penalty, because - in terms of reprehensibility - it hardly has an equal. Yet, in the moment the person who committed it looked legitimately flabbergasted that is drew so much as a whistle. The most dangerous players are those that completely forget how to define the word 'dangerous' once they step on the ice, and - by taking the reigns as Philly's preeminent scumbag and a repeat offender of bush league tactics on Broad Street - Radko Gudas is just that. Don't believe me? Just ask his captain...
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