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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
God..I so disagree with this.
The game is softer than it has maybe ever been in history. There is so much done to protect star players from head shots, hitting from behind, hooking, slashing...heck, even the player's sticks are protected from being slashed and broken now.
The game is still a contact sport, and sometimes in contact sports a star player gets pushed around a little. Hell, it happens even in non-contact sports like basketball.
The strategy of roughing up McDavid only works in the last 10 seconds of a game where he cant then hurt you on the power play. It's an exceedingly rare occurrence in the overall amount of game time that McDavid is free to dive and draw penalty after penalty to help his team win on the power play alone.
Go ask Eric Lindross if the NHL does a good enough job protecting its star players these days. I'll bet he has an opinion because of his shortened career. You should know, being a Devils fan and all..
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Exactly. This narrative that the NHL doesn't protect its stars is ridiculous. They have eliminated, or mostly eliminated almost every type of dangerous hit. And forget having a goon try to intimidate a 'star' - never happens and wouldn't be tolerated.
How often are stars getting injured? Answer: not often, and less than ever before.
McDavid cross-checks another player in the face, and suddenly there's an epidemic of stars getting attacked!