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The Pens should NOT get rid of Cooke. Does he need to tone it down? Absolutely. But in an age where every team has a goon, you can't be the only one without one if you want to compete. The fact that the NHL met last week and decided to do NOTHING about headshots proves that they are fucking neanderthals with the mentality of "U gotta be tuff to play 'ockey." The only possible way this will change is for someone to die on the ice from a shot to the head.
And it's complete and utter BS that Cooke gets 14-17 games when others are getting 0-2 for the EXACT same hit.
Smelly, if you think that they read the riot act to Cooke because the hit came so soon after his last suspension, you obviously learned nothing from Trevor Gillies. He was back less than 2 MINUTES from a prior suspension before doing something deserving of another suspension yet only got 1 game more than the previous.
I personally can't wait for the day that Colin Campbell gets removed from his position as the sole person responsible for handing out fines and suspensions. Yes, he isn't directly responsible for any discipline regarding the Bruins because his son plays for them, but the NHL front office "takes care of its own".
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