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Originally Posted by flamesfan1297
Agreed. Personally I am a fan of hitting and think that the game would be boring without it. but it wouldnt suprise me if your right. The league should obviously try and get rid of the dirty hits and cheap shots, but if a guy is injured on a good clean check, then I see no problem. They know the risks of the game
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The argument is that the NHL knew the long-term effects of the repeated head traumas, particularly those involving de facto "fighters" in the game, and withheld that information from players and failed to have an appropriate to the mounting evidence against them. Not that "hey I got hurt out here and I didn't think that would happen!"
Either way, fighting is way down and on it's way out, so I think the NHL is likely to win, as it can't do things that have immediate impacts, but they have obviously done enough to render fighting a useless aspect of the game. The larger argument is whether or not they provided enough support for those who were told they had to participate in it or lose their jobs (not really much of a choice at that point), and/or those who end up with long term cognitive issues afterwards.