So Martin Havlat is suspended for 5 games for a kicking incident involving Hal Gill of the Bruins.
The penalty is severe because this isn’t his first kicking incident. Yes, multiple kicking incidents. Note to Martin Havlat, you play hockey on skates, skates attached to your foot. They have long razor sharp blades on them. When you kick someone with a razor sharp blade, the outcome is generally bad. The penalty could have been more severe, since his brain hasn’t computed this bit of knowledge yet. Maybe it will take another Clint Malarchuk, laying on the ice unable to breathe while blood gushes out of his neck for Mr.Havlat to realize.