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Originally Posted by fotze
If it was any other player than Carcillo, then it may be cheap. But eliminating the risk of damaging your quality of life by a type of player that will soon not exist in the game is something I would advise 9 times out of 10. He didn't duck out of the way dangerously, and there is a difference.
If Baertschi/Gaudreau is about to get run by some goon, I would advocate he does whatever he needs to to not get hurt. Not being able to leave the house for 4 years due to the light because you need to live up to some meathead hockey code, get your stick up.
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I don't have a problem with a player like Carcillo but than I don't have a problem with Nail making defensive moves either. Ducking or keeping his stick up is alright with me. I remember Darryl and others saying it's partly on the onus of the player to keep his head up and that's what Nail did. I'm not condoning being blindsided from behind though.