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by Paul on 11/12/09 at 08:55 AM ET
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from Jim Kelley of Sportsnet,
‘People die every day. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t play the game.’ - Mike Milbury
It’s only been a week since I forever swore off the idea of addressing the National Hockey League’s unfathomable stance on hits from behind, blows to the head, running players into the boards and the kind of verbal tributes to the malicious nonsense that makes Mike Milbury a growing legend across Canada.But given the fact that sarcasm is wasted on the young and, it would appear, the former general manager and coach of the New York Islanders, I’ll make this simple and straightforward:
Yes Mike, people do die every day - though fortunately for you the people beaten with their own shoes have a remarkable survival rate. Still the ultimate goal of a society and even most professional sports leagues is to try and keep as many people alive and relatively safe as humanly possible.
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Milbury is right. Too many wimps in hockey now. Make any hit from behind on the boards two 2 minute minors. That will stop it. If it’s a 5 minute major the refs will be afraid to call it unless its a brutal hit. Also make diving an immediate ejection…I can not stand wimps!!!!
Posted by kevin from boston on 11/12/09 at 10:20 AM ET
I think if the instigator rule were to be thrown out, then we may see fewer headshots, blindside hits and hits to a player with his back turned.
Bottom line is something needs to be done about targeted headshots. And if the league continues to turn a blind eye, I’d have no problem teams taking matters into their own hands. If a player has his head targeted, I’d like to see that team turn the period into a three-hour period, as Rick Tocchet would say.
Posted by mike from austin on 11/12/09 at 01:10 PM ET
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I was absolutely shocked when Milbury said that on HNiC. I couldn’t believe someone would actually think that’s an acceptable flow of logic.
It’s like arguing about the usefulness of airbags in cars. Could you imagine if, when someone came up with that idea, another guy said “but people die every day; if you don’t want to get hurt don’t drive.” Are you freaking kidding me, Milbury?
Ignorant ass.
Posted by BuzzFledderjohn on 11/12/09 at 09:58 AM ET