Hit on Horton was awful. But is it any different than the Chara-Pacioretty affair? How about Paille drilling Halpern in the head with his elbow behind the play? Lucic hit from behind on Spacek? I'm not saying I'd ever wish that kind of hit on anyone, but it kinda seems like living and dying by the sword. The Bruins goon it up all the time, and it finally came back around. (Just FYI I don't believe in karma).
All that being said, I hope Rome is gone for the series and part of next year. These kind of hits need to stop, that's all there is to it. If the NHL would sack up and suspend their players every now and then it could perhaps be stopped. Nobody wins with Horton injured. The NHL has nothing to gain from their skill players (Horton, Pacioretty, Savard, Crosby, etc) being injured, these kinds of hits need to stop.
It all comes back to Don Cherry and the other hockey rednecks. If a guy "has his head down", that somehow means you need to steamroll them into the ice to make a point. It's like a line I read about the fighting debate. "Don't fight with your fists like a barbarian. Real gentlemen use thier rock solid plastic shoulder pad instead".
PS: Wow. 8-1 lol