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goldthorpe hall of famer Posts 9671 
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04-29-12 03:07 PM - Post#1435835
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/nhl-s-b ettman... |
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Cotton Moderator Posts 26935 
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04-29-12 03:17 PM - Post#1435836
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PuckRogue moderator Posts 28804 
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04-29-12 04:00 PM - Post#1435846
I agree. Did I just say that? -PR
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rancidis hall of famer Posts 9536 
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04-29-12 04:11 PM - Post#1435847
"on ice boxing"... really? who is this clown?
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Maguire19 Moderator Posts 17284 
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04-29-12 09:13 PM - Post#1435903
Ive been saying for awhile that we should be careful what we wish for. I think anyone coming in to replace him would make things drastically worse. Especially with the media onslaught. A new commish would want to be a savior and bend to what the media wants and look like a hero. My God David Branch could get the call for all we know. |
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Peatycap Moderator Posts 26190 
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04-30-12 08:06 AM - Post#1435967
The NHL, he argued, was the first sports league to implement a study of concussions in 1997, with the sole purpose of improving player safety, and has implemented rules to eliminate all hits to the head. Fighting, he said, is "really one of the smaller components" leading to such injuries. "Pucks to the head probably cause more concussions," Bettman said, "but I don't think anybody's advocating going to foam-rubber pucks." PC - Thank you! Fighting causes 6-7% of concussions in the NHL. That's it. End of story IMO. Fighting has diminished somewhat in recent years -- 0.44 per game this season, compared to 0.64 in 2003-04, according to the website hockeyfights.com, which meanwhile serves to glorify that aspect of the game. And a study by the Sports Analytics Institute concluded that fighting has "no effect on winning." PC - Winning? Not sure. But there is a good study out there that concludes that fighting changes the momentum of a game. Not mentioned here though. Hmm... Overall, he did a great job fending off the ankle biters. He said that fighting is a small part of the game that gets way too much attention. I don't think he means from fans... he means from the media. Good read. |
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Huard28 Moderator Posts 28018 
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04-30-12 09:15 AM - Post#1435993
All we have to hope for is that no players gets seriously hurt (ends career/affects life after) or gets killed as a result of a fight.
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PuckRogue moderator Posts 28804
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04-30-12 04:21 PM - Post#1436134
Fighting may not help with winning, but it damn sure helps some teams from losing!  -PR
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Canucko29 hall of famer Posts 9231 
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04-30-12 04:38 PM - Post#1436140
I'd love to see that study...
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