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Originally Posted by dammage79
It wasn't just Stevens. He just happened to be the best at what was allowed at the time. If I'm not mistaken concussion research was non existent back then.
Sure it is insanely easy to vilify players for their actions in hindsight but how can person be held accountable for playing within the rules of the era? Responsibility goes up the ladder to the league.
How about the fact that after that hit the team allowed Karyia back out on the ice. Or any subsequent concussion after that?
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It was known that concussions were bad you back then. Smoking too, iirc. However, there was a lot of victim blaming back then. It was all about keeping your head up and being a good headhunter was praised.