Comments on: Pucks can play key roles in concussions http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/21/pucks-can-play-key-roles-in-concussions/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: stakex http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/21/pucks-can-play-key-roles-in-concussions/comment-page-1/#comment-25641 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:57:09 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=60684#comment-25641 Pronger is going to miss the rest of the season since he took a stick to the face. I think the NHL needs to start using foam sticks to since players are occasionaly hurt by the sticks they currently use. /sarcasim

Sure, you can find a couple examples of guys whos careers might have been ended after they were hit with a puck… but thats part of pro sports. Guys get their knees blown out in football all the time and have to retire, so should the NFL switch to two hand touch to protect those guys? Of course not! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Hockey is simply a dangerous sport. If you don’t want to take the risks that come with said sport…. don’t play it. Problem solved. Leave the damn game alone, and stop trying to babysit the players…. they don’t need it.

]]> By: greynraney http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/21/pucks-can-play-key-roles-in-concussions/comment-page-1/#comment-25611 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:14:41 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=60684#comment-25611 Should the NHL start using NERF pucks?? This is the NHL right?!?!

]]> By: everybodyhitswoohoo http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/21/pucks-can-play-key-roles-in-concussions/comment-page-1/#comment-25585 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:19:09 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=60684#comment-25585 IIRC (just because you didn’t explicitly mention it), one of the big problems with Laperriere was that he DID play again, and too quickly. He came back one month after that injury and played in eight more games in the playoffs, and I know there were at least some thoughts that bringing him back to play those games may have cost him a chance to ever play again.

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