For those that have not heard, Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik had his carotid artery partially severed when a teammate’s skate blade cut his throat during a game against the Buffalo Sabres Sunday night in Buffalo.
Sabre fans are all to familiar with this scene. On March 22, 1989, Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk (also a former Washington Capital, like Zednik) had his throat slashed by the skate of St. Louis Blues forward Steve Tuttle, who had been upended while skating toward the…