NHL Player Safety makes controversial ruling on the Borowiecki-Jaškin incident.

The National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety is once again under fire after another controversial ruling.

The Department of Player Safety has officially announced that Nashville Predators defenseman Mark Borowiecki will face no additional discipline following his hearing today for a knee on knee hit to Arizona Coyotes forward Dmitrij Jaškin. 

"There will be no supplemental discipline for Mark Borowiecki," wrote the Department of Player Safety in a statement. "After a hearing and a review of all available angles, we have determined that Borowiecki is braced for contact and does not extend or otherwise direct his knee into Jaskin in a way that merits further discipline."

On Saturday, Borowiecki and the Predators took on the Coyotes and it was during the very first period of that game that Borowiecki was involved in a nasty collision with Jaškin. Jaškin had just picked up the puck in the neutral zone and was looking to skate it up the ice, and it was then that Borowiecki saw what he thought was an opportunity to deliver a big hit.

Jaškin appeared to see the contact coming however and quickly adjusted his position to avoid the contact from Borowiecki. Unfortunately for Jaškin that adjustment was not enough to get him out of the way of Borowiecki entirely, and instead the two men went knee on knee. The impact in the neutral zone was a violent one and it was immediately apparent that Jaškin had taken the worst of the blow.

I have to take the league at their word here and based on the video evidence we have of the collision I can see why they have chosen to rule in the manner that they did. Borowiecki was already awarded a major for the infraction, and you would be hard pressed to argue that he made any attempt to move his leg in order to create the situation that led to a serious injury to Jaškin.

The Department of Player Safety clearly feels that it was Jaškin who materially changed his position, resulting in the unfortunate collision, although the reaction online has already made it abundantly clear that not everyone will agree with their decision.