I played hockey for many years, so I looked at the video without knowing anything about the players involved.
I was prepared to be impartial, and on the first viewing, I was inclined to think it was one of those things that happened.
But when I viewed a second time, frame by frame...it looked filthy dirty to me.
Then I viewed it at .25 speed, and if definitely looked dirty.
The first time at full speed, I have seen a lot of guys get hip checked in the lower extremities causing the limb to fly like that. But in looking at it in slow motion, I saw no impact that would cause that.
It looked to me like he simply threw his leg into the air. Not sure if they could prove anything, but I sure didn’t see any good hit on him that would throw his leg into the air like that.
And looking at it one last time-he deliberately threw his leg up into the air to impede the progress of the now-dead player when it appeared he was going to cut over behind the accused, parallel to the blue line, and would have probably have been able to make a move on goal and get off a good shot or pass.
As I said, they might not be able to prove anything, but to a hockey player it seems evident to me it wasn’t a freak accident. It was a stupid intent to impede, and resulted in a person’s death.
I’ve never played hockey, never ice skated, So I know nothing of the game or its physics.
But to me it looked totally deliberate.................
I never played ice hockey . BUT I did play BB for a time , and had a pretty mean game of ping pong when I was young. So you DO get an idea of motion/physics..plays whatever you would call it.
I look at it and it seems suspicious. He looked right at the player then flung up his skate and leg. I doubt if he is good enough to intentionally slash a throat but I think, in typical brute fashion, he recognized an opportunity to get away with a dirty play and hurt someone.
Probably manslaughter.
And yes the king wears no clothes.
I am not a hockey player, but I have a good friend who grew up in Detroit, played and coached hockey all of his life and said the same thing, basically for the same reasons that you have stated.