Originally posted by diehardnyninerfan:
Im sorry i know he has a history of bad hits but i di not find that hit that bad.Leaving his feet a little bit but i dont know if you ever played hockey before but the first thing you are told is keep your head up.As far as the redline comment if you have been following the news there are talking about bringing back the two line passes because they feel that is one of the reasons for all the head injurys guys getting up speed and taking hard hits.I personally do not agree with it but i never wanted them to eliinate the redline because of all the goalhanging that goes around.If my memory serves me correct you probably love no two line passes because aren't you a penguin fan and you know mario was the biggest goalhanger in history.LOL If i have you confused with someone else and your not a pitt fan my mistake then.ANYWAY LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have and I do play ice hockey.They also tell you to never leave your feet to make a hit.... Just because a guy has his head down doesn't mean that a dirty hit is suddenly made clean. If you watch the replay and don't see both of Torres feet leave the ice, then I don't know what to say. Those are two different issues. You keep your head up to watch out for dirty players like Torres that are head hunting. Hossa didn't even have the puck, and his head WAS up, but he was looking at the play and not at Torres coming at him. Hossa's head was down way before Torres got there, Hossa then dishes the puck, picks up his head and turns right as Torres comes at him.
I doubt they will bring back the 2-line pass. Almost all the concussions were caused by blows to the head that the other guy didn't see coming, sometimes accidental contact. I don't see how the red line has anything to do with it. As far as "speeding up the game", its not like players are suddenly faster. It just goes a long ways in preventing the neutral zone clog and allowing more odd man breaks.
And goal hanging? From my experience we call it cherry picking in hockey.
And I'm a Dallas Stars fan (I know I know, wierd. Modano was my favorite player when I was a kid).