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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
The argument, is NOT that he knew that fighting would have repercussions. The players do, but don't understand in totality those repercussions. That's not their skillset - not the trade they were hired for.
What the argument IS, is that the NHL knew the player were being concussed, and did not apply enough safeguards to protect the players.
Was the player able to differentiate between; being dazed, seeing stars, and the 3 grades of concussions.
Who is responsible for that? The professionals/doctors, or the player? Is it a split?
I feel the players have a good argument, that the league is at least partially responsible, as they supply the doctors.
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It is obviously a split. the question is how much. Take the four incidents with the Blackhawks I would be willing to bet that Montador himself was chomping at the bit to get back out there in the following game each time. Why didn't he hold himself back? Why didn't his agent hold him back? Why didn't the union make an issue of it? All three of those entities share culpability with the Blackhawks, as far as I am concerned.
However, in those cases, the majority of the culpability falls on the team and their doctor. And, given what we knew about concussions in 2011-12, that doctor should probably lose his medical license if the claims in the suit can be proven.