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Originally Posted by CroFlames
What I am saying is that what is stopping a group of ex-players who suffered any number of injuries from suing the NHL later on for allowing them to play a dangerous sport at all? They could argue that the NHL knowingly allowed technology into the game (one-peice sticks) that increased the velocity of shots, therefor caused eye, head, other injuries.
I know this is splitting hairs somewhat, and I certainly agree that CTE and other brain injuries are very serious. But there is nothing from stopping a group of players to sue for other injuries as well, and they could argue the NHL knew full well the consequences of simply playing hockey.
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But so did the players when you talk about those injuries. No one is going to argue that they were surprised to find out that stopping a puck with his leg was unpleasant.
The difference is that a player could reasonably argue that they were unaware and misinformed about the potential damage caused by repeated brain trauma that lead to CTE. Players like Montador weren't aware about CTE because really the medical world wasn't when he started in the NHL. When more information was discovered, and when the NHL became aware of it, the question becomes did they do enough to stop it and other concussion issues? Did they inform the players about the potential long-term effects of these degenerative conditions in a timely and efficient manner? These potential conditions, depression, addiction, memory loss, emotional issues, are not as obvious that taking the puck to the leg is going to hurt.