Bullfrog
Active member
My feelings on this hit are muddy, as others have mentioned. There's no debate it was a clean hit by the rules. But, I have troubles with hits like this that have such a high potential for injury. Hits on unsuspecting players are dangerous and don't really address the point of hitting, which is to gain possession of the puck. On the other hand, I don't know how McCabe eases up on that hit other than to completely avoid it, which would also be contrary to his job of trying to gain possession of the puck.