After Anton Volchenkov was tossed out of last night’s game against the Bruins with a clear elbow on Brad Marchand, he got hit with a four-game suspension by safety czar Brendan Shanahan this afternoon.  I only saw this hit on replay moments ago (after hearing of the suspension) and I have to say I have no issue with Volch getting four games.  There really was no reason for him to lead with an elbow.  I don’t think he’s as dirty as he is clumsy but that hit needed to be punished nonetheless.  While Volch’s suspension two years ago falls short of the timeline for a ‘repeat offender’ it was still taken into account in this ruling, as was Marchand missing the rest of the game due to injury.