Carter hit, what do you think?

Headhunting or not, it's a dangerous hit. Carter didn't have to hit him that high.

Suspension please Campbell.

Not a dirty hit. Shoulder to shoulder, but quite unfortunate the result of the hit.

hemlock wrote:Headhunting or not, it's a dangerous hit. Carter didn't have to hit him that high.

Suspension please Campbell.

Based on what? He hit him shoulder to shoulder. The follow through makes it look like he was headhunting, but the hit itself was legit. Outcome sucks. But then again, life's tough. Dung happens.

Looked good to me, a bit late but the Neil on Drury hit was way worse then that. His head hit the ice and knocked him out, I thought it was shoulder to shoulder too. Def not a suspension.

Clean or not, NHL's gotta find a way to get rid of this. I don't know how, but they just have to. The guy flew in the air, I'm surprised it wasn't worse

There is contact to the head. He may have aimed for the shoulder, caught most of the shoulder, but he also caught a piece of the head, of a player who was vulnerable. That shouldn't be allowed.

I'm looking around the 4:15 mark of the video. Looks to me like he catches the head.

Michallica wrote:Clean or not, NHL's gotta find a way to get rid of this. I don't know how, but they just have to. The guy flew in the air, I'm surprised it wasn't worse

Less equipment, wooden sticks, shrink the players. Only way it will happen. Or making hitting illegal.

N4L wrote:

Michallica wrote:Clean or not, NHL's gotta find a way to get rid of this. I don't know how, but they just have to. The guy flew in the air, I'm surprised it wasn't worse

Less equipment, wooden sticks, shrink the players. Only way it will happen. Or making hitting illegal.

You don't need less equipment. They can start by using something less hard than the rock hard pads players use now. Go back to the old style.

Gotta get rid of the one piece sticks too, players shoot it waaaaay too hard to go back to the stuff they had back in the day. It's like wearing a bullet proof vest and the guy pointing a rocket launcher at you. The elbow pads I agree with but the elbows shouldnt be up there anyways. Hard plastic on the shoulders should be looked at though, prob solve a few problems there.

hemlock wrote:There is contact to the head. He may have aimed for the shoulder, caught most of the shoulder, but he also caught a piece of the head, of a player who was vulnerable. That shouldn't be allowed.

I'm looking around the 4:15 mark of the video. Looks to me like he catches the head.

Yeah I'm in agreement here. I feel like he got the head more than the shoulder. I'm sure he's aiming for the shoulder, but looks like he got a piece of the head. Vulnerable position too....Dung.

N4L wrote:Gotta get rid of the one piece sticks too, players shoot it waaaaay too hard to go back to the stuff they had back in the day. It's like wearing a bullet proof vest and the guy pointing a rocket launcher at you. The elbow pads I agree with but the elbows shouldnt be up there anyways. Hard plastic on the shoulders should be looked at though, prob solve a few problems there.

Yeah, it seems like the number of injuries due to blocked shots has skyrocketed. I don't play hockey, but I can't imagine getting in the way of one of those bombs. These guys balls must clank when they walk...

Personally I think it was a clean hit, Carter just came in so hard and fast and just caught Sammy akwardly.

Sad to see a guy go down, but it was a clean hit.

Most if not everyone can shoot the puck 90MPH now, a lot, especially D men get it up and over 95. Those sticks should not be aloud in all honesty. That would be step one, it should be wood and wood only but I dont see that happening.

N4L wrote:Most if not everyone can shoot the puck 90MPH now, a lot, especially D men get it up and over 95. Those sticks should not be aloud in all honesty. That would be step one, it should be wood and wood only but I dont see that happening.

Yep, it's like Golf and Tennis. It's all about the power game. Bigger and better. The difference is...noone has had a tibia fractured by getting in the way of a tennis or golf ball.