Flames’ coach thinks NHL will follow through on mandating neck protection
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Summary
In this episode of What Goes in, we discuss whether or not players should wear neck guards in the NHL. We also discuss the recent incident involving the NHL and the European National Team Development Program (NHL) regarding the use of neck guards.
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Hey coach, Jen Hodson from the Western Standard.
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I was just wondering if you would comment on the debate
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about whether players should wear neck guards or not in the NHL
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given the circumstances that happen over the weekend in Europe.
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Yeah, I think it's something that's going to be more of a topic
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I mentioned yesterday that the NHL and the NHLPA
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have done a good job of bringing in the cut guards for wrists.
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They all have cut-resistant socks now that they wear under their gear.
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Some players have added different levels of cut guards
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So I do think it's something that's going to get a lot of attention
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over the next little while, and I would assume it is going to be something
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that will be brought in at some point down the road.
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Some people are expressing concern that it might go the way
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of the Kevlar sock debate where it kind of gets discarded
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Do you think there will be follow-through with this?
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Well, listen, the Kevlar sock stuff, it's not something
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that will ever happen overnight, but you do see more and more players
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As I mentioned, we have certain players that have our equipment
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guys stitch things into certain areas, their pants, their cut-proof.
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So there's a lot of players now that are understanding
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that if they can protect themselves a little bit more
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without making it something where they're feeling like they can't
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move around on the ice, then they're going to do it, I think.
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And the stuff that they've put into play now, the cut-resistant
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wrist guards, the socks, they're lightweight now, they're comfortable.
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So technology nowadays, I think, will allow for it.