The suspension that McSorley is receiving is the worst of all time. However, there has been a extreme amount of suspensions this year compared to other years previous. There have been 33 players that have received a suspension this season. There is lot a stick work going on and many good clean body checks that are an integral part of the game, and if players are not up to the challenge then tough because checking is always going to be a part of the game. There are so many cheap shots that go on in the game of hockey that a lot of people don't see, but when they see someone getting wacked in the head with a stick for no reason then they start waving the red flag and criticizing hockey.
Hockey is a tough sport and that was the way it was meant to be played.
We, the child psych group don't think there is no doubt that the NHL can clean up it's own act. In fact, we think it is going to have to, to protect some of the league's best players. Take for example the Dallas Stars center Mike Modano, who strained neck ligaments after being sent head first into the boards last week, said the NHL is growing increasingly violent and if it doesn't change, he'll retire. To see it on replay . . . We think that maybe one reason why fighting is getting so carried away in the NHL is because some players actually believe that fighting will help their team win, when in actuality, it is just the opposite.