He has been skating for a few days... Im sure he wants too get in as bad as they want him too play at some point you just accept the risk and play
I hope this doesn't sound too harsh but this post just reeks of someone who doesn't understand concussions.
This is a very dangerous thing to allow. You are risking more, and permanent damage. I am sure Daniel is feeling a lot of pressure to come back especially considering the Canucks dire situation right now.
If the Canucks actually care about their player, they do not let him play in an extremely physical playoff game when he is clearly being rushed back.
I don't really care what happens with the Jets out of the picture, but I've got myself a playoff bandwagon it would seem...
With the Wheaties elimination in the Dub playoffs, I by pure chance, noticed what was going on in the Kamloops/Portland series. The Blazers have comeback from 3-0 down in the series and game 7 is tonight.
Believe it or not, it's more impressive than a mere 3-0 series comeback. In game 4 they got down 4-0 early on only to score 5 unanswered to win 5-4. In game 6, down 5-2, they score 5 in the 3rd period, with the GWG coming with 21 seconds left for a 7-6 win.
It may end up being for one game, but I am now on the Kamloops Blazers bandwagon.
Go fer it! T'was just a 5 minute Photoshop job inspired by Jet's post. If you're serious, PM me, and I'll send you a high resolution version. I'd wear one, but a couple of my buddies at work would have me taken out at the knees.
I myself though 1-2 games as Shaw did little to avoid contact with Smith but Smith did seem to embelish a tad.
I originally came out against that being a suspension.
In hindsight and Hearing Shanahan's explanation I'm okay with it.
I just wish they could also say "We dropped the ball on The Lucic-Miller hit. Het should have been suspending.". They have to strike that non-suspension hit from any future comparative hits.
I myself though 1-2 games as Shaw did little to avoid contact with Smith but Smith did seem to embelish a tad.
The NHL has been digging themselves into a hole for years by handing out suspensions based on the results and not the intent.
Now we are hearing that Shanahan was thinking about changing his mind about Hagelin when he heard that Alredsson was maybe going to play, and that Weber got off lighter because Zetterberg didn't get injured.
The NHL has been digging themselves into a hole for years by handing out suspensions based on the results and not the intent.
Now we are hearing that Shanahan was thinking about changing his mind about Hagelin when he heard that Alredsson was maybe going to play, and that Weber got off lighter because Zetterberg didn't get injured.
IMO the whole system is flawed at it's core.
I absolutely agree with this, Huf.
IMHO they should go one of 2 ways: Either you look at intent, severity, player history and circumstance when determining suspension, or you completely throw that out the window and do a game for game match.
I like the first one because it is fair accross all suspensions and the player knows what he is going to get every time.
The second one is appealing because you are absolutely going to think twice about head shotting someone when you could be suspended for an entire year (or perhaps even life). That is real motivation to smarten up.
The NHL has been digging themselves into a hole for years by handing out suspensions based on the results and not the intent.
Now we are hearing that Shanahan was thinking about changing his mind about Hagelin when he heard that Alredsson was maybe going to play, and that Weber got off lighter because Zetterberg didn't get injured.
IMO the whole system is flawed at it's core.
In most of the videos this season whether there was a injury on the play was pointed out. It is hardly news.
This year they have blown the call on Lucic and the BOGs meeting changed how fighting goalie interference would be called in the future. They reacted correctly.
Weber not getting suspended for a game or two was a bad call. Maybe they decided that it only looked really ugly because it was done from the back of the head instead of the side of the head where it happens fairly frequently. Looked bad to me though.
Shanahan may have said what he did about changing the suspension lengths in order to reduce teams exaggerating injuries until the suspension is handed out. If teams know this isn't going to work it may reduce diving and embellishment.
A no goal in Detroit called on the Preds and Hossa carried off on a stretcher in the Blackhawk game. Are the playoffs always like this? I mean the hitting and suspensions?
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