Coaches say suspension was bang on

Hard to argue with Bulls GM-coach George Burnett and St. Mike's GM-coach Dave Cameron when they say the 20-game suspension handed late last week to Windsor Spitfires headhunter Zack Kassian was the correct punishment.
Kassian is a first-round NHL draft pick and Burnett said his team will miss him down the stretch and 20 games for a player of his ability (though I'm not alone in thinking Kassian always leaves you wanting more) "will send a clear message" to other potential wrong-doers.
True.
Cameron makes a good point when he suggests that had Matt Kennedy of the Barrie Colts been hurt worse on the play (he suffered his, wow, fifth concussion on the hit), then OHL commish Dave Branch would've been justified in throwing the book at Kassian, meaning a suspension for the remainder of the season.
Twenty games is almost a third of an OHL season. That's a lot.
Will it be enough to make players think twice before committing to an illegal hit?
Maybe. Maybe not.
But I agree with Burnett. It's a pretty strong message. One that should be hard to ignore.
Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see if anything more results from the aftermath of Bulls D-man Julian "Lucky" Luciani getting mixed up with the Ottawa 67's bench during a 3-0 Bulls loss in Ottawa Friday. Luciani got two games for his efforts but it's hard to believe he wasn't, shall we say, "invited" to respond to something delivered from the Ottawa bench.
I applaud Luciani for showing some stones. He's got gumption.
And I'm more than willing to believe the instigator wore a barber pole uniform.