A large portion of concussions since the lockout have been incidental. Cases where two players collide

I'm starting to wonder if a little obstruction isn't a bad thing. With all of these concussions, maybe a little interference would slow the trend down. In the old days, a defensive partner used to slow down the forechecker and take a little heat off of the defensman. You didn't see these defensman getting blasted like they do now. Even with crackdown on hitting guys from behind, you still see those dangerous hits pretty frequently. It would appear the threat of missing a couple of games isn't enough to stop it.
- madmike71

So the rules that are in place are fine, it is the players who are showing a complete lack of respect to who they kill. Suspend them for 10 games, make the penalty worse, obviously $2500 is not enough to stop players from trying to intentionally hurt their fellow NHL'ers.

Matt Cooke changed his stripes (I dont know how) because he was about to lose his career. If the NHL actually suspended properly, then I dont think we would have a problem. The problem is the NHL seems to be too pig headed to look at outside help or suggestion.

I've heard the larger rink size as something that would help reduce concussions, but I don't see how. If anything it would give more room for faster collisions. The traffic areas are still going to be inside the face off dots and players will still carry the puck up the boards.

The frustrating thing about all of these concussions, is that when you look at several of them, no two are the same. You have dirty, high hits, you have innocent looking collisions, friendly fire, fights, etc.
- rival22

helmets will help, as in helmets that actually do what they are supposed to do, reduce the force of impact on the head, to stop the brain from rattling against the skull.

I admire the teams in the NHL for how they are looking to change the way they handle post concussion issues, but the best thing would be to make helmets a certain standard, then look at making repeat offenders extremely scared to repeat again.

All of us here are pretty common sense people, it cannot be as hard as has been made to make these changes, surely.

So the rules that are in place are fine, it is the players who are showing a complete lack of respect to who they kill. Suspend them for 10 games, make the penalty worse, obviously $2500 is not enough to stop players from trying to intentionally hurt their fellow NHL'ers.

Matt Cooke changed his stripes (I dont know how) because he was about to lose his career. If the NHL actually suspended properly, then I dont think we would have a problem. The problem is the NHL seems to be too pig headed to look at outside help or suggestion.
- walshy66

Walshy, check out this article. This fellow has come up with a way to control muscle fatigue. Could be a real game chager. You know it is leaking sodium channels that cause concussions, I understand they are working on something similar for concussions.

http://www.nytimes.com/20...alth/research/12musc.html