NHL injury disclosure very different from the NFL
The Hockey Herald —
via TSN:
This past June, NHL general managers voted unanimously in favor of limiting how much information is disclosed about player injuries. The amended policy states clubs cannot falsify information, or misrepresent a player’s condition; but teams are no longer required to disclose the specific nature of player injuries.
Comparatively, the National Football League provides full injury disclosure and issues a weekly injury report for all of us to conveniently keep track.
NHL GMs say the crackdown is designed to protect the player, as ...
Newsday Holding Islanders to Unfair Standard
NEW YORK ISLANDER FAN CENTRAL —
Just to clarify Tsn.ca: the amended injury policy states clubs cannot falsify information, or misrepresent a player's condition; but teams are no longer required to disclose the specific nature of player injuries. ...
Dreger: Holland led injury obfuscation charge
Snapshots —
TSN's Darren Dreger reports that a surprising source proposed that the NHL's 30 clubs can opt to not disclose the nature of players' injuries: October 30, TSN : This past June, NHL general managers voted unanimously in favor of limiting how much information is disclosed about player injuries. The amended policy states clubs cannot falsify information, or misrepresent a player's condition; but teams are no longer required to disclose the specific nature of player injuries. ... NHL GMs say the crackdown is designed to protect the player, as many still believe "targeting" is a ...
DiPietro's injury reveals the NHL's broken injury policy
Puck Daddy —
... team, and they told me the motivation was simple: Player safety. There's a belief from team executives that players who suffer concussions are going to be protected if the injury is referred to as "upper body," and that knee injuries will go unnoticed by foes if they are called "lower body." This assumes a level of trust and discretion from everyone "in the know" that doesn't exist when, say, contract details are leaked to the media. TSN's Darren Dreger revealed this week that Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland led the ...
The Morning Skate: N.H.L.'s New Injury-Disclosure Policy Draws Heavy Criticism
Slap Shot —
... of injury you don’t need to hide.” It’s not the unanimous view, of course, but we strongly doubt targeting is the threat it is made out to be. In fact, as LeBrun points out, last season, a full-disclosure policy was in effect from training camp onward and we can’t recall ever hearing that targeting injured players was an issue — until the playoffs. Iginla seemed somewhat concerned that playoff intensity might unleash targeting and that was the genesis of this policy last spring. As TSN’s Darren Dreger reported in October, Red Wings G.M. Ken Holland expressed concern that ...
