April 17th, 2010

NHL: Yet again we are talking about headshots

Andy Sutton’s hit on Jordan Leopold in last night’s Senators-Penguins game nicely illustrates that the new “lateral backpressure” rule doesn’t address the NHL’s real problem.  Skip ahead to the one minute mark for a good slow-motion look.

I have one problem, and one problem only, with this hit — but it’s a big problem. Andy [...]

March 7th, 2010

The NHL has got to do something about headhunting.

Still recovering from my septoplasty surgery, so I’ve spent most of this beautiful Philadelphia Sunday sitting inside watching NHL Center Ice.  I’ve just watched Marc Savard of the Bruins carried off the ice of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena on a stretcher, after left wing Matt Cooke tried to disconnect his head from his body.

Edit: new video [...]