Some good posts herein, but we have to step back and lok at the big picture. Bettman and the NHL d not think that hits to the head/ concussions are a issue in the NHL (in so many words). They are going to court to defend this stance. These illegal hits sell tickets and make Gary happy.

So here's what we should do to prove that concussions are a result of these type of hits (regardless if it is to the best player in the game, as they are all humans). Gary Bettman can stand at centre ice (wearing a helmet) getting boo'd, then Matt Cook....better yet, Marc Savard, can skate by a slip an elbow to Gay's head. Nothing wrong with that, Gary is on the ice, so not illegal. The rules will change when Gay suffers what Marc Savard has been going through for years and there will be zero tolerance for these hits to the head thereafter.