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Originally Posted by TroyF
1) I'm sorry, but someone being hurt is not what makes a play cheap. There are plenty of knee on knee hits where the guy miraculously doesn't end up with a blown knee. It doesn't change the intent or cheapness of the act. Ditto for head shots. No, it's not even remotely fair that Player A gets to come back after 2 games and Player B sits the rest of the series because one guy happened to catch a break.
Do we do this with EVERY play? How many slashing calls get called a game? How many times does a hard slash break a bone? So now we have two of the same slashes and one guy gets 2 minutes, the other guy misses 30 games?
Sorry, I cannot get behind any rule that only deals with the end game not the intent.
2) As with #1, you are changing the penalties based on the players involved. You actually make it better to cheap shot a star because you know he'll come back as quick as he can.
Again, intent is what should be judged. Not end result. It doesn't matter because neither of us are every going to get what we want. I want longer suspension for garbage like that. (20 game minimums would be a good start). They aren't happening. I won't get it. You want this rule, and there is no way in hell any team will agree to it.
So we have what we have.
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I never really said I want the rule.. I just like the premise of it. Obviously there are holes in it.. like SR said.. game suspensions of 20, then 50, etc.. big time suspensions for the intent of injuring someone.