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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The NFL implemented the defenseless receiver rule to eliminate plays where an unsuspecting receiver gets destroyed by a defender that has lined him up. I think the NHL would be wise to implement something similar. If a player had his head down he's a defenseless player and this is the type of thing that has happened in the past and will happen again. It's just not worth altering the life of a human being for a random hit in a regular season game.
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Yeah something like this needs to be in place. It would greatly reduce open ice hits, but protect players brains. Shouldn’t need a lot of discussion around which is more important.
Seems even people who think the hit was within the rules still don’t like the hit. So hopefully they can fix it.