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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Open-ice hitting has almost disappeared from the game. Players are just too fast and aware, and the consequences of a defenceman taking himself out of position too severe. I'm all for a big hit when the stars align and it happens. But a young defenceman better bring a lot more than that to his game if he's going to make it in the NHL.
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Not only that but the player delivering the hit now gets immediately jumped by multiple opposition players and ends up having to fight and take a 5 minute penalty. Drives me nuts.
In my opinion, if it's a clean hit that doesn't result in a penalty, any player from the other team that jumps the hitter should be given the extra penalty every time.