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Originally Posted by Trailer Fire
6'9" Zdeno Chara hits 5'9(?)" Johnny Gaudreau. Tell me where the initial point of contact would be? Height is definitely a factor. If they don't take height into consideration, then Gaudreau would barely ever get hit and short guys would run the table in the NHL. Chara would have to drop to his knees and hipcheck Gaudreau to avoid contact with the head. Height has to be 100% a factor.
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So your interpreting the rule to say that if your taller you can smoke guys directly on the head as much as you want? Because that is what your saying.
If it is the hitters responsibility to avoid the head as the principal point of contact, then you better be well aware of where the victims head is and make sure you avoid it.
It's like saying Chara can walk around swinging his stick at waist level even if he keeps smoking JG in the face, and it shouldn't be high sticking because of his height. And of course that is wrong.