What I remember about him as a Bruins was, "JoJo feels good tonight. JoJo's gonna get two tonight. JoJo feels it."
Too bad this happened to him. BUT, he didn't have any problem cashing his huge checks, so why does the game owe him anything. These guys all knew what they were getting into the day they signed on the dotted line, Boynton included. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
I might sound heartless but
If someone drives a car 55 mph in a circle no one will pay more than 5 cents to watch
If they drive 212 mph they can earn a 7 figure per year paycheck
Yes there is a chance car racers will die when they crash... but thats what their sport is about
You, me, and joe could go watch non contact hockey and football if we wanted too but so far no one has ever paid for that. Its like watching no contact boxing... or downhill sking where the hill is 20 feet high
No one points a gun at the athlete and says into the gladiator ring. Instede these people are given a chance to earn a living doing something dangerous
Army... police... fire fighters... dont make as much money but have dangerous jobs too
Coal miners... deep sea fisherman... and many other jobs are dangerous.
I hate to see a hockey player get concusion... i hate to hear a cop was shot... i hate to hear a truck crashed from poor mechanical upkeep
Definitely, nhl should do everything reasonable in its power to make the game safe but if there are maybe 6000 regular nhl players in a 10 year period and only 10 end up in this shape... thats around 1 in 600
Offer me 500k a year for a job that has 1 in 600 chance of ruining my life.. i for one take that risk. Now tell me the pay is more like 2mill per year
Maybe i play 5 years... get my money... retire
The longer you play... the greater the risk. And yet you see players holding onto these jobs until they are 40 with 60 mill in career earnings
Some responsibility has to land on the players shoulders
Personally, i never joined the army because i dont want to be shot at... never drove a car faster than 100mph. I made that choice it was too dangerous for me