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Originally Posted by neo45
Every other player in the league with Carcillo ALSO grew up watching Scott Stevens and they all somehow managed to not get 9 suspensions.
Seriously, Carcillo went his entire career AVERAGING two suspensions per an 82 game season. Not all were for dangerous headshots but still. That isn’t a systemic problem, that’s completely on the individual.
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No one is telling you that you have to forgive him for how he played. Criticize his NHL career all you want.
My stance is that even though he had a lot of dirty, dangerous plays in the NHL that doesn't discredit what he is trying to achieve today and it doesn't make him a hypocrite. People change, learn, and grow. He realized his actions had serious consequences on people's health and he wants the NHL to be a better league moving forward while ensuring that all players, current, past and future get the help that they need.
I can't fathom why some people want to criticize him for that.