Hockey 2010-2011

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Originally Posted by shadows

I can't say that I agree with Burke. The fabric of the game doesn't include dirty hits that concuss players. The majority of the concussions this season have happened from either dirty or borderline-dirty hits. They need to start punishing the offenders with REAL suspensions rather than the mickey-mouse ones that Campbell is so fond of handing out.

Getting rid of Campbell(and Bettman, as he obviously has a say in this regardless of what his "official" role is) would be a good step in the right direction.

I agree with you. None of this will change until there is some radical action. Andrew Ference of the Bruins spoke out against one of his teammates doing to a player what happened to Mark Savard, and broadcasters like Don Cherry and Mike Milbury went out of their way to excoriate Ference as some kind of traitor. That shows how deeply ingrained is the culture of excessive violence in hockey. They put the "sport" over the life of players who may be scarred forever.