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Originally Posted by schteve_d
I can't speak for the original poster that said it, but in my mind you want to hurt every player every single time you hit them. Just maybe not in the way you are thinking.
I want it to sting. I want them to know I'm out there and to maybe rush their decisions because they know I'm coming. I want to wear on them and I want them to know they were on the ice with me the next morning. That's it, though. Not trying to knock anyone out for even a day and definitely not injure; short- or long-term.
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Yeah, it's a weird line. Of course you want them to feel it. You want them to be afraid to have the puck. But no one wants to see someone seriously injured. The times when I've accidentally hurt someone, I've always felt terrible about it, and the times when I've been hurt, usually you know no one meant to seriously injure you.
A select few guys are definitely dangerous though. I don't think Tkachuk is one of those guys. If anything, he purposely opens himself up to being cheap-shotted by being a little doosh on the ice.