Ask for a show of hands on here who watches sports on illegal steaming sites compared to 10 years ago.
- Santo_44

Don't know. Thats the problem, no doubt it's increased, but impossible to quantify.

There were hardly any. You are talking about post carer concussion issues, which is a true thing no doubt, but hits have the same impact, and star players have been and still are victim of that. If no one was educated about head injuries then they are wasting their time trying to sue. I don't want anyone injured, but a fighter knew what they were doing. Semenko said the Gretzky was why he got paid what he did and was the reason the league had money, so protecting him was the priority, thats why you almost never saw superstars fight in the 80's and 90's. But the league decided to take control of the vigilante justice and have been changing things ever since. During that process many star players have been run and injured in a way they didn't prior. It's cool people like what the league is doing, I have no control over that, but Wendall is the most beloved Leaf for a reason, he could play and he protected his teammates, now it's the ref, who doesn't seem to be doing a very good job.
- aminnes

Sure, hits can cause these injuries.

Fighting isn’t hitting and fighting is something they could eliminate pretty easily.

And no, these players had no idea what they were getting into. None at all. They weren’t educated at all at what the precautions were.

And I’ll give you an example of one...my good friend has Post Concussion syndrome. It’s a horrible (frank)ing thing that debilitates you for a long time.

He went to a major health therapy clinic in Florida. Andrew Alberts was there the same week.

Look him up. His last concussion that did him in was a big blindside hit...but he had many concussions from fighting. He now has PCS and has had it for a year and a half.

He is not alone with this either. And he wish he was educated about it before he career. He said he would of never fought.

Don't know. Thats the problem, no doubt it's increased, but impossible to quantify.
- aminnes

It’s increased

That’s all you have to know

marner was given the opportunity to do so, who else has?
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

This is gold

You are assuming there is someone out there that can score 94 points not in the NHL.

This is insanely dumb

And you have zero proof...you are just assuming.

(frank) this I’m out.

Even I can’t sit here and argue with this stupidity

actually i think i said that a day or 2 or 3 ago, not today and i stand by it. mitch marner might be one of the best of canada's 1 percenters' kids to play hockey, but that don't mean much to me when 99% is untapped potential still out there not getting the opportunities he has been bestowed. there are tonnes of players out there that could school mitch marner easy, you must live in a bubble or something.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

How many times have you watched Rudy?

marner was given the opportunity to do so, who else has?
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

How many times have you watched Rudy?
- golfingsince

he can't remember.

too many concussions.

Sure, hits can cause these injuries.

Fighting isn’t hitting and fighting is something they could eliminate pretty easily.

And no, these players had no idea what they were getting into. None at all. They weren’t educated at all at what the precautions were.

And I’ll give you an example of one...my good friend has Post Concussion syndrome. It’s a horrible (frank)ing thing that debilitates you for a long time.

He went to a major health therapy clinic in Florida. Andrew Alberts was there the same week.

Look him up. His last concussion that did him in was a big blindside hit...but he had many concussions from fighting. He now has PCS and has had it for a year and a half.

He is not alone with this either. And he wish he was educated about it before he career. He said he would of never fought.
- Santo_44

I agree, what I'm saying is that if no one knew about head injuries then neither did the league. And if now we know, a grown ass man can decide for himself. Just like with the knowledge we now have, a grown ass man can decide to play linebacker in the NFL. And they still do. It's a risk reward situation.

wait are you comparing mitch marner to wayne gretzky?



the game was tougher then but there were a lot of slugs that barely knew how to skate also playing then and some absolutely horrifically poop goalies too.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

Read the post you twat. I specifically said "I am NOT saying MM is WG.

Holy fack, not only are you....(frank) it, nevermind....everybody has already told you.

and that is why tv ratings are down across the board.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

They're not actually.

actually i think i said that a day or 2 or 3 ago, not today and i stand by it. mitch marner might be one of the best of canada's 1 percenters' kids to play hockey, but that don't mean much to me when 99% is untapped potential still out there not getting the opportunities he has been bestowed. there are tonnes of players out there that could school mitch marner easy, you must live in a bubble or something.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

Wow, just wow!

What is with this (frank)ing guy?

Marner is 6'

There's a perception out there that he is short.

Light as hell? Yes.

But he isn't pint sized.
- Atomic Wedgie

He's also very strong.

He's also very strong.
- Zezel

His inner thighs in particular.

Sure, hits can cause these injuries.

Fighting isn’t hitting and fighting is something they could eliminate pretty easily.

And no, these players had no idea what they were getting into. None at all. They weren’t educated at all at what the precautions were.

And I’ll give you an example of one...my good friend has Post Concussion syndrome. It’s a horrible (frank)ing thing that debilitates you for a long time.

He went to a major health therapy clinic in Florida. Andrew Alberts was there the same week.

Look him up. His last concussion that did him in was a big blindside hit...but he had many concussions from fighting. He now has PCS and has had it for a year and a half.

He is not alone with this either. And he wish he was educated about it before he career. He said he would of never fought.
- Santo_44

you have had to be pretty dumb to not know that taking punches and hits to the head was bad for your brain. they were taking the risk knowing what the financial rewards were for doing it. that's why i call bullpoop on players not knowing. you knew, you just turned a blind eye to it for the money, then pretended like you didn't know it was bad for more money when your career was over. are people really this naive?

This is gold

You are assuming there is someone out there that can score 94 points not in the NHL.

This is insanely dumb

And you have zero proof...you are just assuming.
- Santo_44

(frank) this I’m out.

Even I can’t sit here and argue with this stupidity
- Santo_44

They're not actually.
- Zezel

look em up yourself koolaid.

new blog everyone

look em up yourself koolaid.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

I did. You need to dig deeper than the NBCSN ratings that come up as the first google result.

This is gold

You are assuming there is someone out there that can score 94 points not in the NHL.

This is insanely dumb

And you have zero proof...you are just assuming.
- Santo_44

But did you read his explanation... something, something 2005, Simone Gimache.

How many times have you watched Rudy?
- golfingsince

This is gold

You are assuming there is someone out there that can score 94 points not in the NHL.

This is insanely dumb

And you have zero proof...you are just assuming.
- Santo_44

Par for the course

I did. You need to dig deeper than the NBCSN ratings that come up as the first google result.
- Zezel

you dig deeper, they are dropping in canada also.

The Hawks were 6 points out last year.

Look at the numbers / shot suppression % when Maata is on the ice. It's exactly what the Hawks need despite him being slow. De Haan is a solid top 4 defensemen. Don't see the hate for the guy besides just being ignorant.

Hawks had the 7th best offense in the league and added Shaw + Dach + Kubalik and several other big players.

On the defense they added Maata, De Haan, and possibly Boquist + Mitchel. They then added Lehner in net.

I bet we make the playoffs this year and as we saw. Anything can happen.

Also, EDM and Buffalo suck.
- RedRevenge

Good luck with that.