Like I have said before. These cheap shots to the head need to be taken from the game. The hit that Cooke laid out on Savard may not only end his career but also may severely affect his life after hockey. How did the NHL punish Cooke for the hit? Colin Campbell did nothing then came on the air and said it was a legal hit. Campbell should be fired, he is the worst disciplinarian in sports history. Greg Campbell unfortunately is the man, too bad you can’t pick your parents.

It seems pretty simple to me. If you clearly take a run at someone and hit them in the head like Cooke did to Savard, or Randy Jones to Bergeron, or even like Bertuzzi on Moore. The player who laid out the hit should be suspended for as long as he player he hit is out. So Randy Jones would have had to sit out for over a year, Bertuzzi would be out of the game, and Matt Cooke would have started the season late. This may sound link wimpification or whatever but with the new speed of the game this has to happen. I say add this rule and allow bench clearing brawls again.

There will be gray zones of course but generally it is pretty easy to determine head hunting. I do not think Hunwick’s hit was dirty just unfortunate. It is so easy to tell the difference between head hunting and good body contact. Like if Cooke had hit Savard Shoulder to shoulder instead of targeting his head with an elbow Savard would be skating right now. Im sorry Colin DBag Campbell but there is no way that hit was legitimate. All concussions are not caused by head hunting but the obvious one’s should be penalized appropriately.

I am not the only one who thinks this way either. I heard Lyndon Byers say the penalty should be the same thing as I have just stated, basically an eye for an eye. A one game suspension for players like Cooke is a joke and is no deterrent at all. When will the NHL finally do the right thing and protect their smaller skilled players that bring fans to the game. Was it good for the NHL to have Crosby on the sidelines for the new NHL all star captain format? Anytime a QB goes down in the NFL there is like a million new rules, why can’t the NHL add the one rule they actually need?

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