We have seen a fair share of hard hits this season throughout the NHL.
There was the much-debated Dave Steckel and Viktor Hedman collisions with Sidney Crosby, both of which happened within the first five days of the new year.
In late February, an unsuspecting Marc Staal was demolished by older brother Eric, in an awkward, albeit entertaining, exchange of brotherly love.
Most recently was the outrageous hit Zdeno Chara put on Max Pacioretty, leaving him with a broken cervical vertebra, along with a severe concussion.
The Pacioretty incident, coupled with an unpunished Chara, summoned a wave of criticism from organization personnel from across the league. It even spawned a series of GM meetings in Boca Raton to discuss the most intriguing and important question in the NHL: “Should there be a ban on hits to the head?”
A lot of hockey fans and analysts are saying that to ban certain hits would somehow lower the tough guy credibility of the league.
This type of talking might have gotten to the General Managers of the NHL. By the end of the summit weekend no verdict had been made, as most of them felt un ...
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Article written by Cody Peters
NHL Hard Knocks: Making a Case to Ban Hits to the Head
March 18th, 2011 by Cody Peters Leave a reply »
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