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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
No I’m sorry this mindset is the problem
Why does that hit need to be thrown?
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Why does any hit need to be thrown? I'm not asking facetiously, or to be an a**. I'd seriously like to know what you consider to be a hit that needs to be thrown.
But to answer your question, in this case, you have an offensive player entering a good scoring area, and he needs to be seperated from the puck
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Why does he need to destroy the kid?
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The kid is skating full on with his head down from his own blueline to 5 feet inside the opposition blueline. If he hits anything, including a perfectly stationary abject, he's going to get destroyed. Just looks at outfielders who lose track of their position and run into a wall. They go down hard, even if it's padded, because they fail to brace themselves.
What you're in essence advocating is that any player skating with speed and is unaware of his surroundings is off limits to a body check, because it will inevitably destroy him.
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The “keep your head up” argument is past it’s best before date.
Does anyone enjoy seeing stuff like this still? Really? Kid lying face down on the ice out cold?
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Basically, see above. If any player is skating with speed and unaware of his surroundings, he's off limits to anything but a stick-check, because otherwise there's a risk of injury. No, I hate seeing injuries, I don't think hockey works if defensive players become responsible for offensive players well being if the offensive players choose to ignore their own safety.