Music: {allcanada} SHANAHAN: TORTORELLA'S EDLER COMMENTS 'DETRIMENTAL'

Thursday, October 31, 2013

{allcanada} SHANAHAN: TORTORELLA'S EDLER COMMENTS 'DETRIMENTAL'

In a larger piece on the hitting culture of the NHL, The New York Times recalls how after Vancouver's Alex Edler was suspended for three games for a hit to the head of San Jose's Tomas Hertl, Canucks coach John Tortorella said the hit had been a good one.

"I would teach that play to all our defensemen — the one he was suspended on, we're teaching that," Tortorella said. "The league just happens to believe it's suspendable."

Department of player safety's Brendan Shanahan found Tortorella's comments harmful.

"It's certainly detrimental and non-productive — and it's a challenge — to have comments like that after we've identified a play as dangerous and illegal," Shanahan said. "It costs Edler over $150,000. It puts him in a position where the next one could be more. So it is certainly counter to what we're trying to message and change players' behavior."

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