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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I get it...but in the same token, fans can't be faulted for skeptically looking at concussion protocol as a fool-proof system.
The NHL and its history have not earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to looking after the safety of its players regarding concussions.
A player 'looking fine' after the game does not equal no concussion.
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And again, a player "looking" concussed, does not mean a thing either.
We either have the protocol (that the NHLPA are heavily involved in as well BTW) and follow it or we don't.
If we are just going to point at the past as "proof" things can't be trusted then anytime someone gets hit, and it "looks" bad, then that player will have to be benched for a few days..or weeks...or something.
What possible motive would Bill Peters have to state what he did, unless he was advised by the medical people (that apparently we cant trust now) that Sam is fine?
Meanwhile thousands of miles away while watching on TV someone says..."hmmm that looks like a concussion and he needs to sit"....and that's going to be the decider?