Office of player safety

[ekjet72]

George Parros unintentionally put the spotlight on his administration of the OoPS!
By giving Tom Wilson a $5K slap on the tuchus he has inflamed the NYR, at least and they want him fired. But given some of the indiscretions laid on Winnipeg Jets players without even a fine maybe they are right. In the meantime the NYR and Caps are in a WWF Donnybrook game slash mauling as the Rangers try to exact revenge. They're not going to the playoffs anyway.
"New York Rangers call for George Parros' firing in statement - TSN.ca" www.tsn.ca/new-york-rangers-call-for-george-parros-firing-in-statement-1.1634581?tsn-amp

[Ric O.]

Off topic but it's apparently pure coincidence that John Davidson and Jeff Gorton are fired the very next day. Seems like it really is coincidence as ownership is apparently not happy with the direction of the team.

Here's a quote from NY Post (hmmm they might be on to something):
"As well, it is believed that the hockey hierarchy’s collection of skill players at the expense of will players did not sit well with Dolan. The recent mismatches against the Islanders highlighted the team’s deficiencies in grit and leadership and may have accelerated, if not prompted, this stunning decision."

[PeakyBlinders]

The NHL is seen by the other major sports a s joke in this regard. The league and players are CLULESS on how to grow the game. You have to show off your best players and that does not happen when you allow fighting, cross checking (rarely called) and fluid rule changes in the playoffs. They just keep shooting themselves in the foot.

I always laugh when they say fighting is needed because it is a tough sport. Not even close to football which is a VIOLENT collision sport but the NFL knows what it needs to do to grow the market and keep kids interested in playing. NHL is just clueless.

[rainmanrh]

The league and PA are both in a conflict of interest when it comes to player safety, if the league and PA were really interested in player safety it would be administered by a neural 3rd party.