Mike Green Suspension

Did Mike Green deserve a suspension?  Yes.
Did Mike Green receive a suspension?  Yes.

My belief is that the suspension that Mike Green received was not issued for the hockey play - it was issued for Optics.

The NHL does not suspend its star players.  The NHL protects it investments by keeping star players on the ice.  A suspended player does not make any money for an owner, so they don't suspend them.  Mike Green is definitely a superstar player, so something doesn't jive here.  So what happened?  Mike Green also got injured in the game.

Colin Campbell decided that this was an opportunity to improve his Optics.  He didn't want to suspend Mike Green - he is a superstar and the NHL doesn't do that.  But with the injury, he could suspend the player without any repercussions.  Because of his injury, Mike Green wasn't going to play hockey anyway.  The only loser in this scenario is Mike Green - and his only penalty is to lose money that he can afford to lose.

Colin Campbell saw the opportunity to look good and took it.  This was a cowardly act on his part.