After the game, Miller made himself available to the media and was pointed with his comments on the play. He called Lucic "gutless," and pointed out that Lucic has a substantial size advantage on himself.

On the other side of the ice, Boston is certainly familiar with what happens when a netminder wanders a little too far out of the crease. According to Roberto Luongo's logic, the Stanley Cup Finals might not have lasted as long if Tim Thomas hadn't been as aggressive playing the puck. In those same Finals, Thomas took it into his own hands clear Canucks players out of the paint on a few occasions.

On Monday, Brendan Shanahan said he didn't feel that Lucic was acting intentionally when he leveled Miller, and agreed with the on-ice call of roughing. There would be no further discipline, no matter how much some around the league might want it.

What we have here is a case of one team owning its style of play, and others struggling with their identity.

The Bruins play physical hockey. From the first player on the ice to the last guy in the press box, Boston is admittedly a team that wants opponents to remember more than the final score when they wake up the next day. And they're comfortable, and effective, playing that brand of hockey.

Buffalo isn't without their questionable players. Is 11 days long enough that Sabres fans forget why Patrick Kaleta missed four games? When Kaleta "drove his head into the face" of an opponent, that's a play that takes guts... right?

Just as they did to Vancouver in the Finals, Boston made a physical Buffalo team feel attacked on Sunday.

Unfortunately, Miller's absence will draw more attention to a very basic truth that all hockey players must own: you, the player, are responsible for knowing where you are on the ice.

Despite many heated comments claiming that Lucic's conduct is "an example of what the NHL is trying to eliminate," the focus of that should be on Miller.