Why didn't Craig MacTavish wear a helmet?

because it's his first amendment right

He played before helmets were mandatory and then was grandfathered in once they became mandatory.

Same thing has happened with visors, in like 10 years 99% of players will have them and a few holdouts won’t.

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Any player who entered the league after June 1, 1979 had to wear a helmet, but any player who signed his first pro contract before then could opt out if they signed a waiver.

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Back in the day, goalies didn't wear masks..

Because MacT don’t give a frick

It seems nuts to me too. He probably came up his whole career not wearing one, and I suppose it became too much of a hinderence when he tried wearing one. I remember him at the end of his career with the Blues, and he looked completely out of place as the only skater on the ice without a helmet.

But what's weirder is he had to wear one at one point in his career because he played College Hockey and helmets were mandatory back then.

And then he gets to the NHL and is like frick it, I ain't wearing no helmet anymore.

It just seems weird...like wearing a batting helmet in H.S. for 4 years and then you get to the Minors and you're like, frick it, I don't need a helmet.