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Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS
I for one don't want to see superstar players not playing because some 3rd or 4th liner who makes a living wearing a viser just dished out a dirty hit. A farm player will now replace that injured player which is effect waters down the league.
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But isn't this what happened with Moore hit Naslund?
The NHL is so slow at responding to such things.
Another issue that has been brought up is the idea to switch to no touch icing.
Back to the original topic, TSN has some great articles on this incident and the whole headshot thing. I didn't know, but Ovy's hit in the Olympics left Jagr with a concussion, much like the Mitchell hit on Towes.
Personally, I don't like the Richard's/Cooke hit as they took advantage of a player who was left vulnerable as the play developed, and players on the ice/bench need to do more to communicate so that they know guys are coming from the blind side.