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Originally Posted by Macindoc
Number of strides taken, leaving the feet to make the hit, opponent not looking, head primary target and initial point of contact, offender goes on to make another borderline hit later in the game, and has a previous history of similar hits: all of these are signs of a player making reckless hits with no regard for the health, safety, or future of other players. This is exactly the kind of hit the league should and must eliminate by stiffly punishing offenders. Failure to do so will further legitimize the head injury lawsuit against the league and could allow damages from the suit to be extended to include injuries to current players, potentially costing the league millions of dollars. And on a more human level, allowing intentional attempts to injure to go unpunished simply isn't right.
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Kassian has never been anything but a dirt bag, sure I'm happy that he got help for his apparent personal problems and overcame those. But players like him that take liberties are the reason why the Instigator rule has to go away.
When the NHL tried to get rid of the instigator it just created the rise of the dirtbag cheapshot artist.
I wouldn't lose any sleep if someone put him out of action.