Comments on: 11/27 Injury Update http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/11/28/1127-injury-update/ by true Citizens of Hockeytown Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Matt Saler http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/11/28/1127-injury-update/#comment-41710 Matt Saler Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:46:01 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/11/28/1127-injury-update/#comment-41710 Ian, Completely agree. I've said from day one that the League should punish all hits to the head, regardless of whether or not it resulted in an injury. That way they get the message across. The way things are now, they don't always punish hits that injure! It's a very messed up situation. Drake's there as an energy guy. Obviously, the shield hampers his style of play and you can bet he'll have it off as soon as he can. Then, I'm sure he'll be more effective. Ian,

Completely agree. I’ve said from day one that the League should punish all hits to the head, regardless of whether or not it resulted in an injury. That way they get the message across. The way things are now, they don’t always punish hits that injure! It’s a very messed up situation.

Drake’s there as an energy guy. Obviously, the shield hampers his style of play and you can bet he’ll have it off as soon as he can. Then, I’m sure he’ll be more effective.

]]> By: Ian http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/11/28/1127-injury-update/#comment-41444 Ian Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:27:36 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/11/28/1127-injury-update/#comment-41444 The NHL is terribly reactionary with its penalties, that's why they get so screwed. They only, ONLY suspend someone if there is an injury on the play, i.e. when two people are incredibly unlucky. There are often worse hits that get overlooked because they, circumstantially, were not a focal point of the game. If they wanted to be serious disciplinarians, they would analyze all the big hits and see which ones were potentially dangerous. Doing it this way a) doesn't discourage hits because you're penalizing the effect, not the cause and b) has players looking over their shoulder on clean hits because if the guy goes down the wrong way it could be a suspension. Also, what is the point of Drake even being the lineup with the shield on? I mean, I understand since Ellis and Kopecky are out, but Drake doesn't offer much offensively, and it pained me to watch him have to look on while Lilja "took on" Phaneouf, which amounted to basically falling over on top of him. I mean, Drake was even ON THE ICE and he couldn't help out. The NHL is terribly reactionary with its penalties, that’s why they get so screwed. They only, ONLY suspend someone if there is an injury on the play, i.e. when two people are incredibly unlucky. There are often worse hits that get overlooked because they, circumstantially, were not a focal point of the game. If they wanted to be serious disciplinarians, they would analyze all the big hits and see which ones were potentially dangerous. Doing it this way a) doesn’t discourage hits because you’re penalizing the effect, not the cause and b) has players looking over their shoulder on clean hits because if the guy goes down the wrong way it could be a suspension.

Also, what is the point of Drake even being the lineup with the shield on? I mean, I understand since Ellis and Kopecky are out, but Drake doesn’t offer much offensively, and it pained me to watch him have to look on while Lilja “took on” Phaneouf, which amounted to basically falling over on top of him. I mean, Drake was even ON THE ICE and he couldn’t help out.

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