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Originally Posted by CroFlames
You guys both missed his point. He wasn't saying that the pinky injury was as bad as the concussion.
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The reason why there's such an uproar about the current situation is because:
A) It's Sidney Crosby - it's bound to happen.
B) It's a concussion caused by contact with the head.
For me, its more B than anything else. If Crosby got slashed and had a broken finger, that's something that you can wrap around the argument that it's tough luck and sometimes happens in hockey....but there's no reason hits to the head should be characterized as "hockey plays" whether or not it was intentional. In a large majority of the case, intent is hard to judge. You don't know what was going on in Niskanen's mind and never will. We just make the assumption that it wasn't intentional because the play seemed to be a bang-bang play.
Crosby probably gets slashed more than any other player in the league and takes a lot of abuse.....so what if he dishes some back at some point? I bet you can make a way larger highlight video of Crosby getting slashed and cheapshotted than of Crosby returning the favor to other players.
The inherent problem with the NHL is....why does Crosby feel the need to return the favor to some players and slash/cheapshot them? It's a massive flaw in the NHL...that needs to be fixed. It's like a really bad plot hole.