Last year, Chris Neil leveled Chris Drury with a blindside hit a full second after the puck was shot, driving his shoulder into Drury’s head. Drury missed 4 or 5 games with a concussion, and when the hit was called dirty, Ottawa fans screamed “You gotta keep your head up”. Daniel Alfredsson apparently didn’t listen. Mark Bell just proved to the Senators that karma is a bitch by doing almost the exact same thing to Alfie – a guy who, by the way, proved how high-class he is last year by intentionally shooting the puck at Scott Niedermayer during the finals.
Ottawa fans, don’t you dare tell me the Bell hit was dirty after defending the Neil hit. Don’t you dare.