In the past I would have said no but now that we're seeing the brain trauma that many of these players are dealing with I'm not so sure. I think I'd rather see immensely skilled players like Lindros and Kariya play full careers than the occasional bit hit. The don't necessarily even need to eliminate hits, most of the problems could be solved by cracking down harder on the stuff that's already illegal. If you elbow a guy in the head you should get 20 games not 1 or 2 games "because it's the playoffs".
Almost everyone would have argued to keep fighting in the game 10 years ago but now that it's almost gone I doubt most really care anymore.
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