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What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
Should neck guards be mandatory in the NHL?
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I don't see why not. I find it hard to believe that a neck guard would impair play in any capacity but maybe I'm wrong?
mrhockey193195
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100% yes.
Players can say all they want that it's their decision and "they know the risks", but talk to the 6k fans in that building (particularly, all the kids) and ask them how that night will affect the rest or their lives.
Players can say all they want that it's their decision and "they know the risks", but talk to the 6k fans in that building (particularly, all the kids) and ask them how that night will affect the rest or their lives.
Marioesque
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EXTRAS
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One death in like 100 years from an obscure league hardly seems like it should make them required.
Yes, absolutely.
Any of these players who would suggest that a neck guard would impede their ability to play like a jock does (I've heard that way more than I expected) are straight up stupid.
Any of these players who would suggest that a neck guard would impede their ability to play like a jock does (I've heard that way more than I expected) are straight up stupid.
NyQuil
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Anything that kids have to wear as protective equipment should be mandatory for adults as well.
I don’t get the distinction and it sets a bad example.
I don’t get the distinction and it sets a bad example.
jigglysquishy
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This is the correct answer right here! Hockey has gotten way too soft already!
One death is all it takes to bring about change bud. This has also happened in NHL multiple times but lucky it was not as forceful as the Adam Johnson incident where the player literally kicked the victims neck.
1point21Gigawatts
hell's a gigawatt?
Clint Malarchuk and Richard Zednik might say otherwise. It's not unique to that "obscure league." It's happened in the NHL, just nobody has died (thankfully). That doesn't mean it won't happen again.
It's not about being soft buddy. This is NHL trying to protect its players and also preventing lawsuits against NHL for lack of protection.
At best you'll likely see them go the way of visors.
Current players "Strongly encouraged" but not mandated to wear them. New players mandated to wear them.
Current players "Strongly encouraged" but not mandated to wear them. New players mandated to wear them.
1point21Gigawatts
hell's a gigawatt?
lmao. yeah it's so soft to want to protect your neck/life from being cut when you play a game where everyone wears knives on their feet and crash into each other. C'mon. the "too soft" argument is tired and invalid.
Golden_Jet
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Yes it should be, grandfathered as a minimum, like helmets, visors, and goalie masks were.
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McDonald19
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So, full face shield/cage?
Headshot77
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Neck guards and full face cages should be mandatory at every level of hockey. No excuse otherwise. Careers end due to face/eye/head injuries. People die from neck lacerations.
Eventually we will look back on this time as if we were neanderthals.
Eventually we will look back on this time as if we were neanderthals.
I mean, you can't necessarily say it would've 100% prevented it, but it probably would've given him a much better chance.
Kinda like seatbelts. It doesn't assure survival, but it damn sure gives you a better chance.
Also no fighting.
Headers in soccer should be banned.
American football is now two-hand touch or flag.
UFC fighters must wear protective head gear.
AhosDatsyukian
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Honestly I hated wearing them when I played and it was required, they were annoying and uncomfortable. The recent death was extremely tragic and yes a neckguard would prevent it, but it's also one accident out of millions and millions of hockey games over the years (yes I know there have been other bad injuries from skate blades to neck but all the others recovered I believe). I think it should be left up to the players if they want to or not.
This is going to be the argument that leads to them adopting it the same way visors were adopted, would be my guess.
Current players aren't going to unanimously go for this.
End on a Hinote
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One death is the same reason why we have netting behind the goalies now. It was one death too many.
I mean, if the league tells you you should wear one and you don't by your own choice... They shouldn't be able to sue lol.
That's even more ridiculous than the contact/combat sports athletes who were claiming they didn't know how bad it was to get hit in the head repeatedly. Yes we've taken great strides in understanding CTE over the last 20 years, but even before we had the evidence we all knew repeated blows to the head were bad.
