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Originally Posted by FAN
Yes he's suppose to absorb the hit or try to throw a hit himself. He had plenty of time to throw a hit back and try to bounce Carcillo off.
It's not cheap to avoid a hit. It's cheap to duck a hit.
The thing is you don't want to take hitting out of the game yet you want to ensure player safety. If ducking is allowed or a player is allowed to cross-check someone in the face in defense of being hit, then players will think twice before throwing a hard bodycheck. That's not what the NHL wants. That's not what I want.
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So instead of ducking, if he had just skated out of the way and Carcillo had gone full tilt into the boards, then that's ok? Isn't there still a risk of injury to Carcillo?