This Week's Edition of Clean Or Dirty: Andrew Ladd Hits Matt D'agostini

Since it's been, oh, I don't know, five minutes, since we had a debate on what's a clean hit and what's a dirty hit, Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Ladd decided to give us something else to talk about on Friday night when he laid out Montreal's Matt D'agostini early in the second period.

Video after the jump.



Ladd was issued a five-minute major for elbowing, a 10-minute game misconduct, and a two-minute minor for roughing Kyle Chipchura (Chipchura also received two for roughing). While Ladd was called for elbowing, that doesn't appear to be an elbow. It looks like he gets him with his shoulder, but it's clearly a shot directly to the head.

And this is where the discussion starts yet again. Is this clean or dirty? And will the NHL's bizarre disciplinary system step in and hand out additional punishment? Probably not, but it's anybody's guess. As Chris Botta said in our 2-on-1 last Monday: "Until the league decides that head shots are illegal, it is what it is."