Headshot Patrol: The Panel Takes a New Look at this Controversy
NHLHS writers Brandon Augienello, Dave Strehle and Anthony Curatolo present their thoughts on one of the biggest topics surrounding the NHL: Headshots. The panel collaborated their views, which you can only read here at NHLHS.
Just like life, the game of hockey is forever changing. Too many times when you turn on the television to watch hockey highlights we witness brutality that transcends the sport itself.
Categories: Around the League, NHLHS Features Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Colin Campbell, David Booth, Eric Lindros, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jeff Beukeboom, Marc Savard, Matt Cooke, Mike Richards, Patrick Kaleta, Paul Kariya, Ron Francis, Scott Stevens, Shane Willis, Vincent Lecavalier
Tuesday NHL Morning Papers (Eastern Conference)
In NHL Morning Papers we break down the stories published in newspapers around the country. By reading our synopsis the average hockey fan can catch up to all the happenings around the National Hockey League.
Categories: Eastern Conference, Morning Papers, NHLHS Features Tags: Artem Anisimov, Bill Guerin, Brooks Laich, Chris Conner, Dainius Zubrus, David Booth, Drew Doughty, Eric Staal, Gregory Campbell, Kamil Kreps, Marc Savard, Matt D’Agostin, Max Pacioretty, Max Talbot, Mike Smith, Pascal Leclaire, Rod Brind'Amour, Sergei Kostitsyn, Steve Downie
Wednesday Morning Papers (Eastern Conference)
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Categories: Eastern Conference, Morning Papers, NHLHS Features Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, David Booth, Dwayne Roloson, Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Brodeur, Patrick Dwyer, Rick Tocchet, Robbie Schremp, Scott Gomez, Tyler Bozak
Here’s to a New Year Without Head Shots
I am certain that an opinion piece of this nature will upset each team’s fans but these head shots have got to stop. Of course, we are all hockey fans and love the big hit, some live for it but there needs to be a line drawn with the increasing speed to the game. These hits need to stop or else hockey becomes a survival of the fittest in which young players stand little chance of establishing a career due to playing scared due to footage from the last gruesome head shot.
While the League’s general managers mull over a rule change, I would like to propose a rule change of my own. Repeat dirty hits will lead to a permanent suspension from the League. The OHL instilled a similar rule when they banned Michael Liambas, a notoriously dirty player, from playing in their League following a career ending hit against Ben Fanelli. This instance marked just another time Liambas made a questionable hit, you cam see another one on first overall pick John Tavares here. The NHL made a similar move with former NHL pugilist Ryan Hollweg, essentially calling any hit remotely borderline until he played his way out of the league.
The moral of my rant will be that these types of players simply do not deserve a paycheck in the National Hockey League. A League where the rest of the world comes to play and play for the sport’s greatest trophies. What kind of message does it send when careers start to end due to these injuries? Do we need Sidney Crosby or Alexander Ovechkin seriously injured before we start to see lifetime bans?
My nominees for a lifetime ban…
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League Tags: Alexei Cherepanov, Andrew Peters, Anze Kopitar, Brandon Sutter, Brent Sutter, Chris Drury, Chris Pronger, clar, Clarke MacArthur, Curtis Glencross, David Booth, Dion Phaneuf, Jarkko Ruutu, Jaromir Jagr, Michael Liambas, Mike Richards, Patrick Kaleta, Paul Mara, Petr Prucha
