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Originally Posted by robaur
I'm glad to know that you equate a broken finger to a concussion. You should go do some reading in your spare time.
Bravo. I would say some choice words but I would just get a Mod edit and those lousy infraction points.
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Woosh. Sorry I didn't read enough to make it crystal clear for you what the point was. I thought I was lobbing a softball there, not a major league changeup.
The point is that this outrage isn't about the action, it's about the result. If you want the action to go away you have to consistently condemn it, not just cry bloody murder when Sid the Kid goes down. Your POV is exactly what is wrong with the NHL disciplinary process IMO, it's 100% reactionary and subjective. The action that caused Methot's injury and Crosby's injury are categorically the exact same in severity (that does not mean the injury is - which I felt I needed to point out to prove to you I read in my spare time).
Im mostly just tired of "fans" and a few talking heads treating the NHL like a 2nd tier bush-league reenactment of the Thunderdome whenever a star gets hurt, but whenever it's not a star, or worse: whenever a star is a guilty party, it's "nothing," it's a "hockey play."
Yeah, I hope Sid's OK, but the actions that led to his injury are about as serious to me as they were when they happened to Methot, or even any player that isn't injured by then for that matter. They're tiny, chippy, dirty little plays. Do they make the NHL better? No. Am I going to start up the prayer circle because a freak sequence of those events led to a player with a weak head getting another concussion? Also no.
Ask yourself: if Sid gets right back up, does anybody care?
If Sid and Niskanen's roles are reversed, is anybody praying for Nis?