It’s not so much that guys glossed it over, just some decided it’s illegal regardless because a whisper of his head was touched. It was legal. Point of contact was chest. His head is connected to that so of course it gets affected to. Refs and nhl got it right.
For what it’s worth, listening to nhl network on Sirius all day so far and the consensus is legal check but if it was your player, you’d be pissed too.