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You Call This Fan Friendly?
by Paul on 05/24/09 at 09:19 PM ET
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from Bruce Dowbiggin of the Globe and Mail,
What does a team owe its media and fans when it makes a coaching change? There are rules for opening dressing rooms after games, but after firings? The Calgary Flames employed that old political gambit of releasing bad news late on a Friday afternoon to announce that Mike Keenan was out as coach after two seasons. The Flames put out a terse press release and said GM Darryl Sutter would have no further comments till tomorrow, four days later. And that comment would not include the identity of Keenan’s replacement.
While Calgary may not equal Toronto in its media urgency, waiting four days to explain a major personnel change still smacks of arrogance for a franchise that promised it would be more fan friendly when it almost expired earlier this decade.
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Well, you know, for once Stock/Milbury/Hrudey are damn right.
Now, the point here is that if the NHL wants to get serious on head shots, they would add a rule or an automatic penalty for any hit to the head, whether or not it’s a shoulder check or a blatant elbow. Even just an automatic minor or double-minor for a hit to the head—even if it’s a shoulder check—would be worthwhile, in my opinion. It would be a lot like the automatic minors/double-minors for assessed for high-sticking.
So, by the lay of the NHL law as it stands, the HNIC crew is right—it was a good, yet brutal, hockey hit. It is completely clean by the game’s laws and established standards. But it begs the question—should the NHL do something to protect players’ heads more?
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/24/09 at 09:30 PM ET