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  1. What can the NHL really do about head shots?

    in Rich Stadium

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    I'm of the belief that if you hit anyone hard enough in the wallet, whatever behaviour you are trying to curb will get curbed.

    I would say that might work in sports, maybe. But outside in the world it's already proven not to curb anything - people still speed 150kmph on the highways even though there are 10-20k fines with possible jail time, people still drive without insurance even though looking at 10k+ fines for doing so, hell people still commit felony crimes with a 3 strike system (in the US) risking life in jail, or even the death penalty.

    The only way I really see that working is if they are hit in their pay checks. Something that becomes part of their contracts. Because, big fines, long suspensions I doubt will curb this alone. Maybe a system where the player gets fined large, suspended large for a first offense and if it happens again not only do they get even bigger fines and longer suspensions, they also get dinged how much they are paid.

    Only problem with that idea is, so many players already have 10-15 year contracts and breaking/changing those contracts would cause another big shitstorm all of it's own.

    I say, redesign the rinks, and the equipment - mainly the helmets - full face masks, and enforce neck guards etc. Think of how many injuries over the last 10 years have been directly related to no face masks. The visor may help, but it doesn't stop a stick from still hitting the face. Problem there is the players themselves have already fought against that shit as well.

    Perhaps slowing the game down, put the red line back in (eg: 2 line pass). Change to the icing calls, remove the touch, I dunno. But since the game made all these changes to "speed things up" or make it "more exciting" for the viewers we are seeing more and more injuries. I never understood how they figured games were too long begin with.

    As for head shots, I don't know if we'll ever see those stop. I mean, not unless the game becomes non-contact. Not all head shots are on purpose/intentional and I'm not referring to the Habs/Bruins here, but in general.

  2. What are you listening to right now?

    in Soundboard

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    Crusader Rabbit Stealth Band

    Sweetwater Saloon

    Mill Valley CA

    2001-06-10

    featuring:

    Bob Weir

    Phil Lesh

    Rob Barraco

    Jimmy Herring

    John Molo.

    set I / disc 1 [56:23]

    1 tuning

    2 jam

    3 Truckin >

    4 Smokestack Lightning

    5 Friend Of The Devil

    6 China Cat Sunflower >

    7 The Eleven

    8 Brown-Eyed Women

    set II / disc 2 [72:43]

    1 The Music Never Stopped

    2 Watchtower intro >

    3 Get Together

    4 Cassidy ^

    5 Mason's Children

    6 Viola Lee Blues >

    7 Maggie's Farm >

    8 Viola Lee Blues

    encore / disc 3 [23:45]

    1 donor rap

    2 Promised Land * >

    3 I Know You Rider *

    ^ with vocal jam

    * with Warren Haynes

  5. Crosby

    in Rich Stadium

    Posted

    Concussions have been the factor in a lot of players calling it quits in the NHL over the years. They are also not all caused by dirty hits, or head shots etc. I really doubt his retiring would make the NHL rethink anything.

    Only way we'll see no more concussions in hockey would be to make it non-contact. Either that or the equipment should be redesigned.

  8. Furthur Spring Tour

    in Soundboard

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    Furthur

    March 8th, 2011

    Wallingford, Ct.

    Oakdale Theater

    Section 205, row EE,

    ROC, 7ft high, Din(a)

    (chatty crowd with an aisle seat and low pro stand equals crowd noise)

    AKG481 > Oade OCM PMD661 @ 24bit/48khz

    SD card > Adobe Audition > CD Wave > Traders's Littler Helper

    Set 1:

    01 Miss Half Step

    02 Easy Wind

    03 Operator

    04 Oh Darling

    05 Ruben and Cerise

    06 Dark Hallow

    07 Money for Gasoline

    08 Fooolish Heart

    Set 2:

    01 Hard to Handle >

    02 SmokeStack Lightning >

    03 Spoonful >

    04 He's Gone >

    05 LoveLight

    06 Scarlet >

    07 Fire on the Mountain

    08 Day Between >

    09 Eyes of the World >

    10 Sugar Magnolia

    11 Donor rap

    Encore:

    12 Johnny B Goode

    http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=543120

  20. Go Habs Go - Fan Forum 10/11

    in Rich Stadium

    Posted

    If Chara had kept his arm down, this may or may not have happened, BUT he wouldn't have been making contact with the guys head, which I believe is the cause of most of the out rage over it.

    But, I can relate about his size. I'm in no way as big as him, not by a chance but I've been the same height (5'11") since I was 13 years old. During my years playing, I was at least a head taller then the majority of the other kids I played with/against up until midget & jr. I took a lot of elbowing penalties, and a lot of grief from my old man (who was a coach) so I learned to keep them down because I knew the ref would call me on it.

    Chara should know better, in my opinion.

  25. Go Habs Go - Fan Forum 10/11

    in Rich Stadium

    Posted

    Chara's goal was clearly to rub out MaxPac along the boards, not worried about the interference call. The head to the turnbuckle was most likely not premeditated, however the hit to the head probably was IMHO.

    Not worried about the interference call either, and I would have trouble believing he tried to put his head into the turnbuckle purposely, but, as mentioned I know what a hit like that can do and I really have no tolerance for it, neither should the NHL - I don't really care if it's a B's player either.

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