Have you seen the money generated in the NFL and the NBA? They don't need to attract new fans. You do realize the revenue sharing in the NFL covers the whole salary cap of each team. Listen all I'm saying is allowing that type to a play to exist in the NHL does nothing but continue to hurt the imagine of an already unpopular sport. Nothing more nothing less.
First off this was a LEAGUE office decision to do nothing on a blatant intent to injure. That's what I'm knocking. The league office is always saying we don't want this type stuff in our game. Yet the guy does twice in few weeks and gets nothing. How are they going to get a guy to stop if he knows nothing will happen?
You know exactly where I'm coming from. You decided to take the road of they do worse things. BTW the NHL has plenty of their own issues. They just better keeping it quiet.
Today's fine?? This type of penalty is why the NHL will always be 4th at best of the major sports. The casual fan will see that play and say??? I can't understand that game I'm done.
No need to apologize! The POS should not have been playing today. Two names: Campbell Jacobs A league officials kid plays for Boston and somehow they're allowed to pull thus crap. A major player on the BOG's and his team is untouchable.
I have a solution! Take off the armor that players are wearing. Make hurt if you choose to make the big thundering hit. Not a popular opinion but effective.
When Backes was struggling to get to his feet Keith was taunting him by saying "wakey wakey Backes"! POS I don't know to load videos here otherwise I'd load it.
For some barbaric reason we lose sight of what a hit is supposed to do. Remove the guy from the puck not his head. My problem is the Chicago fan thinking/saying the hit was a good one yet the same people blasted Kronwall's hit on Havlet!