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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Why? You can't even hit in peewee hockey anymore. Like it or not, the physical aspect of the game is slowly but surely fading away. I don't think hitting is going anywhere anytime soon, but it wouldn't shock me if 20 years down the road the game is more like women's hockey where full on body checking is gone.
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So what? If it's been determined that peewee hockey players are at risk then so be it. Kids have enough issues to deal with these days growing up. Most of the major concussions players suffer come from blatant and borderline head shots or bare knuckle fights. The NHL has shown that they still don't have to stones to treat this issue the way it needs to be dealt with and that's with stiffer suspensions and fines. None of this 5 game crap and none of this preferential treatment for star players. If the league has to go down the path of no-hit the NHL has nobody to blame but themselves for not addressing the issue sooner and letting it escalate.