Rudolph is an idiot but he didn't remove Garrett's helmet and club him in the head with it. Garrett is the one who did that. There's a truly bizarre scenario here where people are acting like Garrett was in a fight for his life or something. He wasn't. He lost control and acted like a ****ing dumbass in a way that could have easily resulted in another person receiving a debilitating injury.
Rudolph should be suspended for the kick in the nuts, 100%. But it's not even comparable to what Garrett did.
Here's what I'm talking about:
People get hit with sticks all the time in hockey. People get hit in the head with sticks all the time in hockey. The former is called slashing, and the latter is called high sticking. It's such a routine thing that it's usually a two minute penalty when it gets called. However, this was a criminal offense. Can you watch this and argue that it wasn't? It wasn't part of a play, it wasn't incidental, and it was clearly done with malice.
I don't understand why football players can't be held to the same standard. Hockey is, in many ways, a more physical game than football. They still don't allow this crap. That's not sport, that's physical assault.