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The fans in all respect have the right to be infuriated by the hit to the home town player, but to flood the police lines is kind of ridiculous. 911 and other police lines are used for EMERGENCIES only. On the 7 year anniversary of the controversial Bertuzzi hit on Moore, the Chara hit is looking to follow down the same path in history. As in, the police investigation in Colorado that follwed the Bertuzzi hit. I feel the only reason the police should opening an investigation is because someone filed a complaint of assault. The police force is obligated to investigate any complaint, that being said, the result of the investigation should follow suit with the Bertuzzi hit. The police will see the hit as Mike Murphy (a very intelligent representative of the NHL) did, a strong hit with no intent to injury. So hope you feel good wasting more tax payers money.
National Hockey League Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations was left in a very tough spot being the one to hand down the "No suspension" to Chara. The league has been under a lot of pressure lately to make some sort of structured punishment for shots to the head. This issue will be debated until the number of head related injuries decrease. People taking personal attacks at Murphy need to give their heads a shake. Remember he played and coached in the NHL and also holds the Title of NHL Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations. He has a very good view of the game hence his job.
How do we move forward? The 3 ideas I have come up with are the following; Bigger Ice; 3 strike rule; and Respect. Bigger ice is a format used in international hockey and seems to work well for the speed game. Having the extra ice surface allows players more space to showcase their talents.That's what the NHL was looking for taking the clutching and grabbing out of the game. 3 strike rule sits well with me. The way I feel this system could work the best, is to start now. The NHLPA should vote on a player to be put in the 3 strike program. If after a game the league feels a hit was worth reviewing send it to the NHLPA and have a unanimous vote and deem if this player delivered a head shot. If the player in question was seen by his peers to have delivered a head shot, then strike one. With each strike the penalty should increase until a max of 3. After being viewed by your peers as a repeat offender you should never be allowed to play hockey again. That brings me to just plain old RESPECT. No one will ever know whats going on in someones head before an incident like this, so the "players" are responsibility for their actions prior to stepping on the ice. The game is bigger stronger and faster then ever and I see the least amount of respect for one-another. There has been just too many head shots to ignore the "respect" issue.
The last issue I would like to cover, is Air Canada saying they will "withdraw their sponsorship, if no action is taken". I understand the NHL is a representation of Air Canada but to get involved that soon after the hit seems quite fishy. So I dug a little deeper and came across some interesting facts about Air Canada. The Head Office is located in Montreal Quebec. Could some "head" Air Canada representatives been present at the game? In turn having an almost immediate reaction from Air Canada. The potentially bias Air Canada, may have bitten off more than they can chew, threatening the NHL so fast. Rogers Entertainment has shown interest in the purchase of the ACC in Toronto and also the Maple Leafs. The NHL doesn't look as if they will be reversing the call so in the near future you might see a swing in sponsorship.
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Yeah but how do you judge a strike?? I think that is the issue. Hall Gill not to long ago took a player into the extension. nothing happened.
AND...if a strike is "you breaking someone neck"...well shit....hit em hard until that happens. Ad a strike and do it again until strike 3
a panel of x hockey players that have max 5 years out of the league, they will decide what a strike is.You really think that if a player receives a strike the player wont reevaluate his own play, even have a huge fine for any team that has ...a player who receives a strike. that was the starting point of some kind of plan i came up with. one strike could have a 20 game suspension then what???? second is a year, third is a permanent ban from hockey. i think that would straighten things right up if you take hockey away from a player for their actions i think you will see more awareness for direct head shots. Kubina some how seems to fly under the radar due to out-raged habs fans, over a hit that should be blamed on "the arena" not Chara. Kubina angled his elbow directly at Dave Bolland's head. that's what needs to leave the game........ same hit on Crosby and the list goes on, the player gets 3 games and back to work. while a player sits out a long period of time due to the nature of the recovery.
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