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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I'm hard pressed to think of the high intensity playoff games where someone did something similar, outside of Scheifele last year, which was also dirty. Players are more focused on playing the game instead of blowing up their opponents.
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I'm not advocating for players to get blown up regularly. I don't think anyone is celebrating the result of the hit on Khaira. I just don't think that there's something wrong with the league. Once or twice a year a guys going to get his bell rung like this. I don't think a big rule change is going to fix it other then ruin the entertainment value of the game. Guys lose an edge and injure themselves incidentally about as often as a guy lays out a big hit that concusses someone. Even if you removed hitting altogether incidental contact would still cause some injuries. It's not a rare occurrence to see two guys on the same team even blow each other up cause they don't see each other. Such is the risks of the game when it's played at such a high speed.