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Originally Posted by billybek
When two players are approaching the boards and the trailing player sweeps the legs from under his opponent. Watch the video and see how the opponent has no ability to defend himself in that situation.
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O.k., yup- that's exactly what I saw. Kind of unique to hockey, I suppose. You could really hurt a guy that way.
So, couldn't they (the NHL) put an end to these kind of cheap shots through real penalties and administrative action? Suspend the guy for the rest of the year - something meaningful - and suspend him for life the first time he does it again upon his return. Get the word out at that level and the problem goes away. Unless, of course, hockey is so desperate for fans that they do not wan the problem to go away... No other pro sport allows fighting at this level (except maybe NASCAR) unless it's a fighting sport, like MMA (I wonder how their fans would like it if they pulled their gloves off to play hockey every now and then...).