Saturday, May 18, 2013
NHL suspension explanation
?I love, love, LOVE that the NHL's Department of Player Safety posts their video explanation of their reasoning behind suspending players. The controversy is on the "and":
"As stated in the NHL's Player Safety video, Rule 48.1 says, 'A hit resulting in contact with an opponent's head where the head is targeted and the principal point of contact is not permitted.' Thus, with the use of the word 'and,' this rule clearly states that two elements must occur in order to violate the rule. Raffi absolutely did not target his opponent's head on the play. The call on the ice specifically acknowledged that the head was not targeted and nowhere in the NHL's ruling does it insinuate or suggest that the opponent's head was targeted."
Well, I don't think it's a controversy. I think Shanahan just didn't explain it right. He was talking about going to the core of the body, and he's implying that because Torres did not go to the core of the body, then he must have been targetting the head. That is, he had to be targetting SOMETHING, and if it's not the body, then it must have been the head. Though, you can make the case he was targetting the shoulder, it was a reckless shoulder-target, one that looks plausible, but, really, you err on the side of reckless.
Shanahan should have been explicit on that point and he wasn't. Good call, but incomplete reasoning.
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