re: Fresh Ice! NHL Season-Long Thread, Part 2

The NHL is run by fricking cowards. I mean, how many players have to suffer massive head trauma before they take the issue seriously instead of just giving us some mealy mouthed platitudes before finding yet another excuse as to why this head injury was different, and this one doesn't merit sanction from the league? There's always a goddamn excuse of "well, there's nothing we can do."

Sure there is. Suspend Doan. Fine him. He hit a player head first into the boards well after the play. And while I realize sometimes bad luck happens, this was not an instance of a clean hit gone awry. this was a borderline hit that went horribly awry, and as such, treat it like a dirty hit. You play on the line, you pay the piper when you tilt over.

Letang is one of the best defensemen in the NHL and this is a career-ending sort of hit. I don't like the Pens, but I don't want them to lose because of a series of preventable concussions. I want to beat them on the ice. this is utter bullshite. The NHL needs to grow a pair and start actually putting some teeth into their head injury rules. Or else we'll see more of this:



Seriously, what about this hit is a hockey play?

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