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The NHL’s general managers agreed Wednesday they will make a rule change dealing with hits to the head at their major annual meeting in March.

But at this point they have not agreed on how the change will be made, other than the goal is to eliminate blindside hits and perhaps contact between a shoulder and a player’s head.

What the league’s GMs did agree to do when their meetings in Toronto ended Wednesday was to establish a committee that will study the issue and make a report to the GMs at the March meeting. At that point, all of the GMs surveyed at the end of Wednesday’s meeting agreed there will likely be a rule change after further discussion.

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it’s hockey. a man’s sport. if you make it to the next level, and you have the puck, you better know to keep your head up.

how does this rule even account for height differential in the two parties involved?

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by psudrozz on Nov 12, 2009 9:45 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

how about they remove the instigator and watch all the high hits disappear …. and more fights which real hockey fans love

I fear something arbitrary up to the officials desecration a Gary Bettman favorite, which is bad they need to make the rule clear cut, I would just fine not suspend for hits to the head shoulder or not regardless of injury or intent 1st offense 25,000, 2nd 75,000, 3rd 100,000 and 3 games or something like that it has worked great in the NFL with helmet to helmets hits, all such hits are reviewed by the league and fines handed out regardless if a flag was thrown

by chrislanci on Nov 12, 2009 9:50 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I realize it was a typo, but “the officials’ desecration” is exactly what the current level of officiating in the NHL is.

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by The Dark on Nov 12, 2009 12:07 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I realize that this isn’t exactly a popular stance, but I’m so tired of the whole “you have your head down therefore it’s automatically ok to throw a hit to your head” idea. I mean, it’s highly subjective and hard to judge, but I absolutely feel that most of the time when people throw those hits to the head, they’re just trying to injure someone, and that’s bullshit. Now there are certainly times when a guy is just going to throw a hit, and the target puts their head down or squares themselves to the boards, and then it’s just unfortunate that they put themselves in a vulnerable position. But any time somebody comes flying in, leading with the elbow or forearm, and smashes a guy in the head- knowing full well that he had his head down the whole time (see: Scott Stevens’ entire career)- I personally don’t think “he put himself in a bad spot and I just did what I could to let him know that you don’t do that” is a good justification. Feel free to rip on me for not understanding hockey or not being a man now. It’s ok. Honest.

by eeeeee on Nov 12, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions   0 recs


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