Breaking: NHL dishes out massive 40+ game suspension for this vicious hit.

While at first this suspension may seem like an absolutely insane number, we feel the National Hockey League Player Safest Committee actually did a really good job of justifying their decision on Monday,

The NHL's Department of Player Safety has announced one of the longest suspensions for a player in the league's history on Monday, a stunning 41 game suspension for San Jose Sharks player Raffi Torres.

As we mentioned earlier the NHL's Department of Player Safety really did an excellent job of breaking down their reasoning and rational behind the massive penalty for Torres, so we wanted to share it with you.

Below you will find a video of the hit that caused the suspension, as well as the NHL's detailed explanation of why they opted for the 41 games.