The people on main board defending this hit are the stupidest humans I've come across on here.
Yeah just went to town on em all.
Main points: Dougie Hamilton was right beside Fowler the whole time and saw NO reason to make a play on him physically as it was a harmless dump and chase.
Giordano however does, and flies across the ice in a sweeping motion and smashes the kneecap directly of Cam Fowler. You can see he goes for a shoulder hit as well, but he clearly misses. Gio is reponsible for his body and his actions, and the result of his actions was an attack from across the ice directly onto his knee. That's where the contact occurred.
e.g if you swing at a high puck and hit someones face, its still a penalty as, you hit a face. Same applies to Gio, I don't care about his intentions I care about what he did. And in ANY CASE, he still flew across the ice from the opposite wing.