NHL Lockout Not Helping Satan

Great post. The first hit should have been punished the second hit was clean. This situation shows why they need to get the football like shoulder pads out of the game. They are being used as a weapon. I watched the '76 games between the Sabres and the Soviets when they wore leather/ cloth shoulder protectors and there was plenty of hitting. The should pads have been used by the likes of Chara and Pronger to inflict injury. Take those out of the game and hits like this will not lead to the same problem. As to hitting a friend and teammate, but sorry Miro, we are not friends once the whistle blows. When I was an athlete one of my long term teammates through high school and club sports went to a rival college. During our first game I hit him numerous times (leaglly of course). Afterwards he came up and asked me what the deal was. I told him we will always be freinds but once the game starts all I see is the name on the front of his jersey and not the one on his back.

Typical take from a Sabres fan. How original, whine about Chara. Change the record.

What? So now bigger guys are not allowed to use their size? What's the point of picking up players that are bigger than other guys, then? To simply play like Andreychuk and park their fat asses in front of the net? Chara is not paid to 'give a shit about his fellow players' - he's paid to hit them and break up plays. His size gives him the ability to do so. This isn't like someone stomping on someone's leg in a scrum or swinging his stick ala Marty McSorely to the back of Don Brashear's head. That's wrong, this isn't. Seriously, this nonsense of "Oh, don't hit him that hard" has to go. It's a physical game. That's all there is to it. I'm not a huge fan of Chara, but if you slapped a Rangers jersey on him, you bet your ass I'm looking for him to light people up. It's what he does, it's what he can do and it's why he's on the ice. Did Satan get more than his bell rung? Yeah, but that's the nature of the game and he knows damn well what might happen when he laces up every night. Furthermore, to think that Chara did this out of malice and anger or was purposely trying to hurt Satan is nothing more than speculation. (Go ask Roger Goodell and his bullshit ruling over the Saints.) You can't prove it, so don't waste time charging anyone with it. This isn't boxing or MMA with weight classes and such. It's a sport that puts bigger guys up against smaller guys. To sit back and say, "Wowee! A behemoth just smoked a tot! That is so wrong!" leads me to suggest to anyone who can't stomach this sort of thing to watch another sport that doesn't involve hitting.