McAvoy's Slash Earns Six-Game Suspension - Benson Pays Price for Playoff Intensity

Charlie McAvoy just learned that even in the playoffs, there are limits to what the league will tolerate. The defenseman's vicious slash on Zach Benson - the kind of Paul Bunyan-style chop that looks like it belongs in a lumber competition - has drawn a six-game suspension to start next season. This is the sort of discipline that carries real weight, forcing a star player to miss meaningful games when teams are trying to build chemistry and establish identity early in the year.