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# So not a good hit then
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/so-not-a-clean-hit-then/
- Published: 2024-02-08T17:35:57.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-08T17:35:57.000Z
- Description: Which was stupider: the call or the ref telling Keefe it was a good hit?
- Author: Cathy Squires

> Dallas’ Mason Marchment has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for interference on Toronto’s Jake McCabe.
> 
> — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) [February 8, 2024](https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1755644405149548981?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

In last Wednesday's game against the Dallas Stars, Jake McCabe and former Leafs/Marlies player Mason Marchment had a feud that spanned most of the game. 

In the second period, this happened: 

> that's a late hit on McCabe [pic.twitter.com/maEVOrXU3J](https://t.co/maEVOrXU3J?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [February 8, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1755407803500360132?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> McCabe isn't happy [pic.twitter.com/huJ7n5BxYf](https://t.co/huJ7n5BxYf?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [February 8, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1755407962229621147?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Sheldon Keefe wasn't thrilled

> Keefe: F--king wake up! [pic.twitter.com/Gy1SBXlfy4](https://t.co/Gy1SBXlfy4?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [February 8, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1755412697464602826?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

And as David Alter reports below, Keefe said he was told it was a good hit.

> "They thought it was a good hit."   
> Keefe, and [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) give their side of the Marchment/McCabe hit last night ⤵️[https://t.co/4ZaaZ5FmjE](https://t.co/4ZaaZ5FmjE?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)[https://t.co/4ZaaZ5FmjE](https://t.co/4ZaaZ5FmjE?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — David Alter (@dalter) [February 8, 2024](https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1755613042556182728?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Player Safety disagrees. Fines should not be confused with salary forfeited as part of a suspensions. Fines are calculated on a % of the player's salary, but as per the CBA negotiated between the league and the players, they are capped at $5,000\. No one can just decide to make them larger. 

This hit was very obviously late and that is indeed interference.