Taylor Hall shared his thoughts on Burrows 'losing his mind,' kneeing him in the head twice

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In case you missed it, Tuesday night Taylor Hall was on the receiving end of a rampage from Alexander Burrows of the Ottawa Senators and it got ugly as Burrows appeared to knee Hall in the head multiple times.

Closer look at the knee pic.twitter.com/836fZAeoxY
— John Smith (@HabsCorner) February 7, 2018

Burrows has a history of crossing the line like he did against the Devils and it would be shocking if he wasn't suspended for what he did to Hall.

In-person is the right call. It's going to be a challenge for Burrows to explain the thinking behind kneeing Hall to the head, twice. https://t.co/UUsxJtNCXH
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) February 7, 2018

After the game, Hall was asked about the incident and said that he didn't know that those blows to the head were knees from Burrows.

#NJDevils: Taylor Hall on Burrows: “He punched me in the back of the head like 10 times. He kind of lost his mind.”

Hall told me after he didn’t know it was Burrows’ knee in his head. He just felt something and his teammates told him afterwards it was the knee.
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) February 7, 2018

Taylor Hall on Alex Burrows "losing his mind:"
"He has a bit of a reputation for Player Safety stuff. I think he’s cleaned it up a lot in the recent past. But that didn’t feel great when he was rabbit punching me there."#NJDevils
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) February 7, 2018

Hall didn't have all that much to say about the incident (which is probably a good thing for his wallet) and his head coach had even less to say when he was asked about the skirmish.

#NJDevils Coach John Hynes on Sens Alex Burrows: “He is what he is.”
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) February 7, 2018

Burrows was offered an in-person hearing and a decision regarding a possible suspension will be made sooner rather than later.

Word out of OTT is that Burrows has been offered an in-person hearing with @NHLPlayerSafety. No word yet on whether Burrows will accept the offer or waive his right and do it by phone.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 7, 2018

(H/T: Amanda Stein)