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Voting On Head Hits
by Paul on 11/04/08 at 08:24 PM ET
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from Darren Dreger of TSN,
Of 33 NHL players who responded to the question, “would you support a penalty for hits to the head,” 27 voted yes, five players voted no and one player said more research is required....
Of 26 general managers who responded to the question, 11 said yes - they would support a penalty for hits to the head; nine said no - and six said the issue is too complex for a “yes” or “no” answer.
The poll was anonymous, but Anaheim ducks general manager Brian Burke went on the record with vehement opposition to a new head checking penalty. “Our sport overreacts to any injury that occurs in clusters,” he said. “I have been a GM for over 800 games and this is a dangerous path to start down.”
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Our sport overreacts to any injury that occurs in clusters.
Well, Brian, it wouldn’t hapen in “clusters” if you didn’t have the biggest bunch of cheap-shot goons in the League.
Take away the Ducks “ability” to head-hunt every star they play against and they’d be nothing more than a group of AHL huffians. Nothing like a jackass coach leading a group of jackass players to make the NHL look like a jackass league.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 11/05/08 at 12:29 AM ET
I clicked through to the story on the futile hope that Brian Burke was going to explain why penalizing dangerous plays was a “dangerous path to start down”.
I’m seriously asking. Why is that a dangerous path? Especially considering it’s one the NHL is already most of the way down: high sticks, hits from behind, hits while touching up for icing, cross-checks, slashes, and slew-foots are all penalized.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 11/05/08 at 12:38 AM ET
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Of course he’s opposed to it. That’s Sasquatch he’s protecting.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 11/04/08 at 11:04 PM ET