Dreakmur
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Thank you for proving my point. Only confusing for those who don't know the rules.
Some jobs have risk. As long as the risks are know, the employees can make their choices.
Whitecloud hit on Knies | Knies did not return to the game.
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Thank you for proving my point. Only confusing for those who don't know the rules.
Some jobs have risk. As long as the risks are know, the employees can make their choices.
DoPS is so inconsistent... it's crazy that Whitecloud gets a pat on the back for leaving the ice and making contact with the head because he comes in at a direct angle and gets a big chunk of the body too.
Then there's Neal Pionk getting fined for "clipping" Jesper Boqvist in a perfectly executed hip check.
Then there's Neal Pionk getting fined for "clipping" Jesper Boqvist in a perfectly executed hip check.
Romang67
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You wager? Everyone and their mother knows exactly how damaging head trauma is. Meanwhile, we have UFC, which for all intents and purposes is a modern day gladiator event growing perhaps more than any other sports league right now.
People aren't unaware of the effects of head trauma. They ignore it, or view it as an acceptable tradeoff for the money.
sampollock
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Menzinger
Kessel4LadyByng
I think you'd get a pretty diverse range of answers. Both from how some guys play the game + also age
Seras
Dubas supporter
Exactly, Reaves should have hit the same head Whitecloud hit and not the other head.
Couldn't be more clear
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The Department of Player Safety of the NHL is the problem.
Dreakmur
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Cut!
This was an exceptional performance! You deserve an Oscar for this portrayal of a CTE victim.
It was a clean hit, dont get what the crying is all about. Unfortunate Knies got his socks rocked but Whitecloud had skates on the ice at impact, elbows and shoulders were down, Knies was leaning downward and crouched over watching the puck instead of being alert of his periphery. Head will invariably get clipped as well when you're leaning like that but it wasn't a head hunt at all, it was towards the chest and unfortunately the head also was involved when you're compromised in that kind of situation. But it was clean, that's part of the game.
Sorry, you think TO fans don't know how it feels to have their players take bad hits?
You do know that TO play the Bruins in the playoffs practically every year right?
ottawa
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DOPS applied the rule exactly as written and how it has long been interpreted. The problem lies with your lack of reading comprehension and power of observation.
Golden_Jet
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I'll be honest... I don't like the hit. Looks like Whitecloud is in the early stages of exploding up into the hit when contact is made, which by itself isn't that bad and the starting point of a lot of great open ice hits. But the replay I saw from behind Knies, there appears to be significant head contact and the result was an injured player. If there's another replay from the side or front that shows otherwise, maybe that's why the NHL saw.
