>Hits to the head are not legal and commonplace the way they
>are in football
>
>I dont think this case is all that strong
>
>

It's not about that. The same as with the lawsuit against the NFL, it's that the NHL knew this was bad, had evidence it was bad and willfully withheld that evidence from the players and did nothing to protect them from it.

Yes, hits to the head from hard checks and fighting are not legal, but the league packaged, promoted and sold that as being part of the game and did nothing to truly stop it. It's about the hypocrisy of the League, the same way the NFL sold videos of devastating and crushing hits but then tried to say that they really care for player safety.