The National Hockey League is condemned .

1. The NHL frequently cuts away during fights, not showing them. It does not replay nasty hits over and over like the NFL or other sports does, just for the viewers. It has a history of protecting its athletes. I just feel like comments like the Doctors above are more about HIS notoriety rather than the actual state of the NHL today.

2. Until someone brutally dies I don't think they are going to be harsher in punishments, so even if a check like Chara's was intentional, it still wouldn't get more than a few games. Even McSorley's assault on Brashear only landed him 23 games despite having to dodge actual jail time.

3. The problem is any hit to the head should get a penalty. Its not called. Some games the get away with murder others get everything called??? These guys can put a puck threw a few inches. They know what there doing with elbow's and Sticks up. Hitting is part of the game, but you can do it without contact to the head.


4.I love how its the Canadian Hockey Clubs that are leading the way with Hockey is to rough.... Didn't Canadians invent hockey and the brutality of the sport? Isn't the majority of goons Canadian players? Suban? Marchand? McSorley? Breashear, Neilin (SP)... etc...

Canadian teams went are more European and play that wimp style... maybe they should get tougher players...