Much like Toronto Maple Leafs fans, general manager Brad Treliving reportedly wasn't thrilled with how his players responded in the aftermath of Auston Matthews getting kneed by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas was suspended for five games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for a knee-on-knee hit that ended Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews' season.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas has been suspended five games for his knee-on-knee hit that injured Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews and sidelined him for the rest of the season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally won a game on Thursday night, but lost Auston Matthews to a lower-body injury after a dirty hit.

We lose our captain for the year. It doesn’t seem like enough for me,' Leafs coach Craig Berube said of the five-game suspension.

The defenseman’s suspension for the knee-on-knee hit that ended the Toronto star’s season was limited to a maximum of five games because the hearing was handled via phone. Gudas’ fifth suspension

Auston Matthews suffers season-ending injury and his agent blasts NHL after Radko Gudas receivers mere 5-game suspension

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas faces a disciplinary hearing Friday after injuring Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews with a knee-on-knee hit Thursday night. According to TSN, the hearing with the NHL Player Safety department will be over the phone,

The NHL will never embrace a culture of harsher punishment unless the NHL Players’ Association does so in conjunction.