kuklaskorner.com - 10/26/2008
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A lot has been made of the devastating hit that Doug Weight laid on Carolina rookie Brandon Sutter last night. There are a lot of different opinions out there, and I thought it would be appropriate to offer my opinion. Not just as a Carolina Hurricanes fan, but a hockey fan.
What ...
fromtherink.com - 10/27/2008
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fromtherink.com —
Hurricanes rookie Brandon Sutter was absolutely plastered by
Doug Weight during last night's game in Long Island
and remains in hospital: "The league should at least stop saying it's concerned with hits to the head, because it's not," ...
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Head hits in the news (again)
canescountry.com - 10/26/2008
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canescountry.com —
This blogger has been a fan of Doug
Weight for a long time. Tonight, the fandom is
over. In the third period while rookie Brandon Sutter was extending himself and trying to make a play on the puck when approaching the Islanders zone, Weight lowered ...
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No More Love for Weight - Canes 4, Islanders 3
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Video: The brutal Doug Weight hit, and debating its legality
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... David Lee of Red and Black Hockey doesn't believe Weight intended to injure Sutter, and that "it was unfortunate that it played out the way it did." But he does think this is another example of a hit that should be made illegal: ...
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... other night: People are whining that it's a hit to the head. Tell the rookie to keep his head up. What an idiot. Weight wasn't going for the head. Case closed. If that's what Weight is about, he wouldn't have been in the league this long. These guys are flying around the ice. It's a physical sport. There's a difference between this and something Chris Simon would do. David Lee from RED AND BLACK HOCKEY agrees. If Sutter keeps his head up, he would see the hit ...
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tsn.ca 10/26/2008 — Jim Rutherford has been around the game of hockey long enough to know there will be no great outcry throughout the league over Doug Weight 's devastating hit on Brandon Sutter last night because it's considered a "clean" hit by NHL standards. But the ...
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Bleacher Report - NHL 10/26/2008
In recent years, the NHL has made a concerted effort to crackdown on hits to the head in an effort to ensure the safety of players. Saturday night we saw another example of a brutal, albeit unintentional, hit to the head in the game between the ...
