TSN?s McKenzie reaches out to all 30 GM?s regarding ?climate? surrounding hits to the head

Update 12:28 PM: The AP?s Ira Podell posted a massive article discussing banning hits to the head outright: In light of the fact that the NHL?s general managers will meet at the hockey hotbed that is the Breakers? Resort in Boca Raton, Florida next week, TSN?s Bob McKenzie asked every NHL general manager (and every one responded) what their takes are on the debate surrounding hits to the head, and he received three generally-aligned responses to three plans of action suggested to them:

Door No. 1 was the status quo. That is to say it represents a level of satisfaction with what the NHL has done with Rule 48 as well as other penalites/suspensions for hits to the head with no strong desire to make any further changes at this time.

Door No. 2 was the extreme position that any hit to the head, whether intentional or unintentional, is unacceptable and illegal and should be punished at the very least with a two-minute head-checking minor penalty, a rule that currently exists in the Ontario Hockey League, U.S. college hockey, International Ice Hockey Federation games and youth hockey in North America.

Door No. 3 was the vast middle ground in between the other two doors, where the only position is that ?something more? needs to be acted upon now by the league. Precisely what ?more? means was left to the discretion of the GMs who opted for this door and, as you will see, they weren?t shy about elaborating on what ?more? means specifically to them.

Source: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/tsns_mckenzie_reaches_out_to_all_30_gms_regarding_climate_regarding_hits_to/

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