Brady Tkachuk takes a penalty that’s raising serious questions Dirty Play or Misjudged Call?

Brady Tkachuk put Travis Green in a really tough situation with one of the weirdest minor penalties you could ever see.

A video that’s going viral showed Tkachuk getting a 2-minute penalty for slashing while he was sitting on the bench. Just this fact alone is enough to upset fans.

What made it even worse were the details. The report said that Tkachuk hit Beck Malenstyn in the face with his stick as the game moved by the Ottawa bench.

This is where the story goes beyond a regular penalty. A bad trip or lazy hook usually happens during a play. But this incident came from the bench, making it look careless and completely avoidable.

That’s why the criticism comes quickly. When your team captain gives the other side a power play without even being on the ice, it makes the bench look disorganized, and the coach has to deal with it too.

Green will face questions about discipline because that’s part of being a coach. While a team can deal with a rough penalty, it’s much tougher to explain one coming from a player who isn’t on the ice at all.

This is the kind of penalty that coaches really dislike.

The way it looks makes this situation so bad. Malenstyn passes by the bench where there is a lot going on, and Tkachuk’s stick goes up from sitting down into a place where things could go wrong.

That’s not tough hockey. That’s just causing a problem for your team that didn’t need to happen.

It also puts Green in an awkward position publicly. If he is too easy on Tkachuk, it seems like the captain gets special treatment. If he is too tough, then one strange moment turns into a bigger issue about discipline and control.

Either way, the coach has to deal with problems that he shouldn’t have to. This is why fans get really upset about these situations. They think the issues are caused by the team before the penalty even starts.

Tkachuk often brings a lot of excitement that gets Ottawa motivated to compete. But this time, he created the wrong kind of excitement, and there’s no way to make it look good when a penalty comes from the bench.

That is why this video spread so fast. It was strange, it was unnecessary, and it made the team captain seem careless when the Senators really needed him to focus.