Headshots, Revisited

[That Aud Smell]

Couldn't find a thread where this was being kicked around.

 

As per usual, Puck Daddy's got the league's and the players' sides covered.

 

I found it a little surprising how unequivocally Wyshynski sided with the GMs, though. To wit: "Don't buy the players' line. It's a sport whose fundamental system and game-play leads to injury. This is an attempt to make the legal illegal, and it's preposterous to believe it won't affect the fundamentals of the Game at the NHL level."

 

That's easy to say when you're just plugging away at your blog.

 

FWIW, MacLean's 11-minute Hot Stove with Bettman addresses the issue in the first 2 1/2 minutes here.

 

Seems to me that the principal problem at present is the Office of Colin "Captain Kangaroo" Campbell -- if that office could consistently, forecefully, and logically impose supplemental discipline on players who deliver intentional/reckless headshots, we might actually see some improvement in this area.

 

One other point: I don't see the need to cut it fine as between intentional and reckless -- you can be convicted of high-level homicide crimes for acting with reckless disregard, as opposed to actual intent.

[spndnchz]

fwiw, http://forums.sabrespace.com/index.php?sho...20&start=20