[polak]

He's a fighter.

I bet if you give him the option to either play professional hockey for a living (and getting paid very well for it when he was in the NHL) vs. having a real job, he'll take getting KO'd like this on occasion and laugh all the way to the bank. Even if he has to stop at the hospital on the way.

Whether having that role in hockey is acceptable or not is a different story but I hardly feel bad for him? He got knocked out. Happens to professional fighters all of the time. If anyone thinks he's anything but a professional fighter then they should look at his stat sheet.

I'm okay with the fans cheering for the initial KO punch (like you wouldn't cheer if Iggy dropped Kesler) as long as they stop once they realize he might be seriously hurt and cheer for him once he gets up. Didn't watch the whole vid so I don't know if that happened.