“I don’t see how you can’t make a big deal out of the game,” Massarotti says. “It’s important to send a message early. They go after your first center, you go after their first-line center.”
That would mean Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin could have a bull’s-eye on their heads.
Check out the video for more of Mazz’s take on the hit sustained by Savard and the ramifications.