I remember a lot of talk about the Quick thing at the time (unavoidable when it happens in a game against the Leafs), and one of the more popular theories was that he was buying time by faking an injury. Obviously you don't want that to get out, but you also don't want to be pulled from the game in the final minutes, so they tried to play it off like it was a legitimate injury and then put him back in quickly.
Of course, that then leads to the question, what if a player is legitimately concussed, but doesn't want to be taken out because competitive spirit and tough-guy culture and all that, so he just lies and says he was selling it? Better to just treat them all as legitimate, removes all doubt and has the double effect of punishing those guys who are trying to play it up to get a call or a break.
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