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Keenan On Langkow Hit
by Paul on 11/10/07 at 10:48 AM ET
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from Canada.com,
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Calgary Flames coach Mike Keenan didn’t exactly leap to the defence of his injured centre Daymond Langkow on Friday….
“I looked at the tape again today,” said Keenan. “I know Matt Cooke, I coached him, he’s a little bit of a hunter, and you know he’s out there, you know he’s coming at you, and you know he’s going to body you.
“But he didn’t leave his feet. He hit him hard into the boards; at the same time, you have a responsibility to know that players like that are out there. It’s a fine line between playing the game hard; he cracked him good, and Daymond maybe should have positioned himself in a more protective manner so he wouldn’t have had the whiplash effect against the glass.”
more NHL talk including Bouillon explaining his hit on Aaron Ward…
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Tags: calgary+flames, daymond+langkow, matt+cooke, mike+keenan,
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Keenan said what Mickey Redmond is always preaching (to all those boys and girls out there): You’re the one who’s responsible for protecting yourself on the ice. And if you put yourself in a vulnerable position, you deserve what you get (as long as the hit itsef is legal).
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 11/10/07 at 12:16 PM ET
I made this point in a newer post about the hit on Bergeron.
I’m not going to turn victims into the guilty, but what I will say is that it makes more sense to educate players on both sides, not just one. Rather than telling players not to hit a guy in a vulnerable position, tell them not to hit a guy in a vulnerable position, AND not to put themselves in a vulnerable position. Twice as effective.
Posted by Nathan on 11/11/07 at 11:00 AM ET
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That’s what I always liked about Keenan. Brutaly honest. But if you, as a player, realy listen to what he is saying your game will be better for it.
Posted by Pilot from Buffalo on 11/10/07 at 12:05 PM ET