@Jim Bob,
I think guys at the highest level due process things better than worse players, but physics also are real and you just can’t move your body as quickly as things happen out there, particularly in the given play.
But your second paragraph is my point exactly when I say they are taking hitting out of the game.
Players who are great hitters are hammers and they do look for hits. And if you neuter them to that level, they become ineffective or less effective than a skilled guy who is less able or interested in hitting.
Which is exactly why I said they are taking hitting out of the game. If every player thinks like Reinhart, you will have far less questionable hits. But to achieve that you will have far less hits in general.
My problem is that I just don’t have a desire to see the game turn into non collision hockey.
It takes away a huge element of courage and it takes away a huge element of risk in attempting to get into position to score.
I think the league is headed that way to avoid lawsuits and increase scoring.
I just don’t think I have to pretend that they are doing so by only penalizing improper hits. If we chip away at every legal hit by a technical violation under super slo mo, you will eliminate hitting in a traditional sense.
It certainly how I would do it, if I wanted to do it over time and not too abruptly.