rep shouldn't be applied. a rule is a rule. if you break it you get punished simple as that. These conversations are always much more complicated than they need to be because there's no consistency in the officiating. When one fan wants to complain about a call that went against someone, usually there is another fan who has another player that falls into the opposite end of the spectrum to use as an example of why fan #1 doesn't have room to complain. If Zac slew flooted someone, he should get called. If Staal boarded someone he should get called. If Malkin wants to fight in the closing moments of a playoff game that was already decided, he should get his due punishment. The fact that the NHL can run around making up all these rules and then only enforcing it when they see fit is ludicrous. I don't like the whole first offense, past history, keeping in mind what kind of player he is blah blah blah. If you aren't going to enforce a rule every time a player breaks it, then why have the rule in the first place?