Quoting: Squid17
I didn't say he was a cancer in the room he's just not a team first kind of guy that I'd use $5 mil of my cap space on, as far as Frederic's hit on Kaprizov it looked like he was already going down and Frederic finished his check should/could he have held up ?? and he answered the bell when challenged after. If I was a Wild fan I'd likely see it different but the NHL didn't feel any suspension was needed. If Frederic was constantly taking bad penalties that put is team bad situations the no I wouldn't want him.
Fiala is absolutely a *team 1st* player. I don't know where you’re getting the idea he isn't from. He's a top line player, considers himself as such, and expects to be paid accordingly. He's certainly cocky about it, but is absolutely a team oriented player and person irregardless of that fact.
Most of his frustration this past offseason was in large part because the team wasn't willing to invest in him when it invested in Kaprizov, Eriksson-Ek and others on long term contracts and not him. He also was mostly given the leftover bottom-six caliber linemates the last couple of years and he still managed to produce roughly on par with Brock Boeser despite that. Since he's had Boldy on his wing though, he's been over the moon and overjoyed to actually have someone he can actually work with. Despite his frustrations, which he's admitted to, he's always been vocally supportive of his teammates, coaches and even Guerin throughout all of it.
Kaprizov was *going down* because Grzelcyk had just taken out Kaprizov's skates with his stick. Which very easily could of been called for tripping in its own right. Furthermore, Frederic adjusts his body and realigned himself to insure he'd hit Kaprizov when he realized he was going to miss. Kaprizov was already in a vulnerable position by that point. He chose to hit him irregardless of that fact. It was dirty.
Given that the puck had literally popped out and was in-between Frederic's legs at that same point, and all he had to do was wrangle it in and make a beeline for our defensive zone without making contact on a defenseless player. It casts his actions in dubious light at best.