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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
It's a slippery slope though. We get the benefit of slowed-down replays and hindsight. In a split second where your principal point of contact is aiming to be the body, it can change to the head pretty quickly unintentionally. We see it all the time with hits from behind as well where a guy turns his back at the last second. Guys are going to get hurt from time to time it's unavoidable even if you removed hitting. Someone blowing a tire or having their head down running into an opponent. We will never reach a point of seeing no concussions in hockey and I don't see an issue with the current rules.
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Getting a penalty for hitting from behind is a perfect example. It's a major penalty and as a result guys let up all the time to avoid putting their team down a man. Sure, it still happens but it's far reduced because of the risk of a penalty.
Put in the same rule for contact to the head. It won't eliminate all concussions, but it helps with very little detriment to the actual gameplay.