During media time on Friday, Binnington attempted to explain his actions after being asked if he regretted doing what he did.
"No," he said. "I don't condone it. It doesn't need to happen. Getting in the scrum was enough, I didn't need to do the stuff after. But stuff happens out there and you learn, and you keep moving forward."
"(The stick-swinging was) kind of the heat of the moment. ... I might have taken it a bit too far. I don't want to condone the stick-swinging. Having a guy sit in the box for 10 minutes isn't being a good teammate. I definitely don't want kids out there swinging their sticks. It's an emotional situation, emotions were high and it was a competitive game, and these are big games against a big team."
All that said, Binnington insisted he's not crazy despite what some hockey fans might think.
"No, I'm not crazy," he said. "It's a tense game and it's not part of the modern-day hockey. Maybe back in the olden days, but it is what it is."
Kadri was also given a 10-minute misconduct during the incident, something his coach said was deserved for trying to escalate the situation.
Source: Sportsnet
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Joel Kiviranta | 3 | - | 3 | |
Cale Makar | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Robby Fabbri | 2 | - | 2 | |
Aliaksei Protas | 2 | - | 2 | |
Sam Reinhart | 2 | - | 2 | |
Viktor Arvidsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Barrett Hayton | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Pierre-Luc Dubois | - | 2 | 2 | |
Cutter Gauthier | - | 2 | 2 | |
Pyotr Kochetkov | - | 2 | 2 | |
Nathan MacKinnon | - | 2 | 2 | |
Darren Raddysh | - | 2 | 2 | |
Mikko Rantanen | - | 2 | 2 | |
Mikhail Sergachev | - | 2 | 2 | |
Olen Zellweger | - | 2 | 2 | |
Sebastian Aho | 1 | - | 1 | |
William Carrier | 1 | - | 1 | |
Logan Cooley | 1 | - | 1 | |
Nick Cousins | 1 | - | 1 | |
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STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 49 | |
Capitals | 33 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 48 | |
Golden Knights | 33 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 47 | |
Devils | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 47 | |
Panthers | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 46 | |
Oilers | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 44 | |
Maple Leafs | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 44 | |
Wild | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 44 | |
Hurricanes | 33 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 43 | |
Kings | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 43 | |
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