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Originally Posted by Sofa GM
Scott Stevens says hello. He was well admired for his open ice hitting ability and this hit by Ras wouldn’t even be in Stevens’ top 200.
The game is getting soft. It’s being made so skilled players don’t have to pay attention. I personally think the game has regressed and is significantly less entertaining than 20 yrs prior.
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There was lots of talk about the type of hit Stevens made. The Kariya hit in particular stands out as a controversial hit even at the time.
I will agree that there were still many celebrating those hits, moreso than today. But the more we learn about the results of head injuries I would expect that many of the people celebrating those would change their stance. There will always be people to ignorant to care about the long term effects of others though.