The big controversy in the NHL this season has been head shots and, once again, it has come to the forefront with a hit on Montreal’s Max Pacioretty by Boston’s captain Zdeno Chara.
The hit left Pacioretty with a severe concussion and a fractured vertebra that has him out indefinitely.
Chara didn’t receive any discipline for the hit from the NHL, but may be receiving it in the way of the Montreal police.
Everyone knows that Montreal takes their hockey seriously. They love their team and the sport, but at what point do they take it too far? The burning of pictures of other teams during the playoffs was one thing, but bringing police into a hit that is part of hockey is a totally different situation.
Yes, hits as serious as Pacioretty’s should be looked into by the NHL and push the big issue of head shots back into the front of peoples’ minds, but should the hit be looked at by the police? I don’t think so.
Chara isn’t like players such as Dan Carcillo, who are out there searching for a way to hurt people; Mike Murphy even said that was one of the reasons Chara didn’t get punis ...
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