http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2006/11/11/how-should-the-nhl-deal-with-hits-to-the-head/ gorillacrouch [at] gmail.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:20:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2006/11/11/how-should-the-nhl-deal-with-hits-to-the-head/#comment-32 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:31:00 +0000 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2006/11/11/how-should-the-nhl-deal-with-hits-to-the-head/#comment-32 [...] Update (1:27 PM, 11. Nov): Dave at Gorilla Crouch has a good idea: “I think the league needs to look into developing better helmets.” That would definitely help, but I wonder how the players would react. We’ve already seen how little they want to have visors imposed on them, and a new helmet may get a similar reaction. - Matt According to CBC, the League GMs met in Toronto on Tuesday, and viewed a tape of various hits similar to that of Raffi Torres on Jason Williams. They were asked whether or not they thought the NHL was handling the issue of hits to the head properly. The answer, apparently, was yes. “… we have to be careful because we’re not allowing low hits, if we eliminate all hits to the upper body, what’s left? Hits to the belly button? We can’t forget we are a physical game.” [...] […] Update (1:27 PM, 11. Nov): Dave at Gorilla Crouch has a good idea: “I think the league needs to look into developing better helmets.” That would definitely help, but I wonder how the players would react. We’ve already seen how little they want to have visors imposed on them, and a new helmet may get a similar reaction. - Matt According to CBC, the League GMs met in Toronto on Tuesday, and viewed a tape of various hits similar to that of Raffi Torres on Jason Williams. They were asked whether or not they thought the NHL was handling the issue of hits to the head properly. The answer, apparently, was yes. “… we have to be careful because we’re not allowing low hits, if we eliminate all hits to the upper body, what’s left? Hits to the belly button? We can’t forget we are a physical game.” […]

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