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Originally Posted by codynw
If he was dazed enough that it excuses hitting a linesman, then that looks REALLY bad on the Flames training staff. Why did he stay in the game after?
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Because the league's arguments about taking concussions seriously is still mostly just talk. Wideman should have gone to the quiet room. He was clearly dazed, and he was clearly unfocused when he made contact with Henderson. So the trainer simply trusting Wideman's "I'm okay" should not have been good enough. But the players still don't want to leave the game, the teams are still too willing to look the other way, and the NHL's "concussion spotters" are still too busy eating nachos and drinking beers from their prime seats to notice anything. The lack of any action here re: potential concussion isn't the first such failure on the part of the league this year. It won't be the last either.