He’s pretty upset. This is affecting him.” But also: "He’s got to do a better job. … Look, he just can’t do it.”

Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman has been the talk of the NHL in recent days, after he was tossed from their game on Saturday vs the Ottawa Senators, then later suspended for allegedly trying to smash the face of Tim Stutzle into the Canadian Tire Centre ice during a faceoff. Admittedly… the optics are not good on replay.

Hartman had 48 hours from the league’s ruling Monday night to decide whether to appeal the ban for slamming an opponent’s head to the ice with his right forearm, the longest for on-ice conduct in more than six years.