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Originally Posted by Geeoff
I think at some point you have to let people make their own decisions. Players know that hockey is a violent sport and eventually they are going to get hit hard. The same goes for boxing and MMA where 100% of the sport is physicality.
And let's call a spade a spade, watching one person hit another really hard is exciting.
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This.
Injuries happen in physical sports. Just because a guy gets a head injury from a clean hit doesnt mean we need to panic and punish the player who delivered the hit.
These players know exactly what they signed up for and how to avoid said hits.
There is a big difference between bennetts hit and Mathesons hit. One was playing hockey, the other let his anger and frustration get the best of him.