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The National Hockey League has suspended Chicago Blackhawks star Pavel Datsyuk Authentic Jersey Duncan Keith for five games after the defencemen elbowed Vancouver Canucks’ goal-scorer Daniel Sedin in the head on Wednesday night, which the league called “dangerous, reckless.”There is no word yet on when Sedin will return to the ice. He remains out indefinitely and the Vancouver Canucks late Friday would not discuss the status of their star, and would not say whether a Zdeno Chara Authentic Jersey concussion has been diagnosed. D Brendan Shanahan revealed the five-game suspension at about 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday. He noted that Keith had never been suspended before, but added his elbow caused injury. Shanahan did not declare the elbow to be deliberate.Five games means Keith will return to the Tyler Seguin Authentic Jersey Blackhawks’ lineup with two games left in the regular season.The decision is a major moment for the NHL, as the Keith-Sedin situation involves two of its best players. Keith was voted best defenceman in 2009-10, and Sedin was top scorer in 2010-11. Both are Olympic gold medal winners, Sedin for Sweden in 2006, and Keith for Canada in 2010.Pro sports that have violence entwined in their games - hockey, and the National Football League - are at a Tim Thomas Authentic Jersey crucial point in their histories. Public opinion is shifting. The bloodlust of yore, among fans, and tolerance amid the broader populace, had waned, underpinned by the fact that concussion science has revealed frightening findings.The NFL, facing lawsuits from former players for negligence, was declarative in its position this week when it hammered the New Orleans Saints for three years of bounty hunting, the team’s defence explicitly aiming to injure opponents.The NHL has tried Henrik Sedin Authentic Jersey to crack down on undue violence this season. But the newly created Department of Player Safety’s ardour had seemed to have faded in the past two months, and a staged brawl between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils last Monday was effectively endorsed by the league.While five games for Keith will be considered a stiff punishment by some, others will see it as soft.Suspensions in the NHL have soared almost 50 per cent this season, 42 to date (including Keith) in 2011-12 compared with 28 at this point a year ago. However, the average length of a suspension is static at about three games. And Shanahan was much busier earlier this season. Daniel Sedin Authentic Jersey There were 17 suspensions in September, October and November, 18 in December and January, and seven in February and March.It is possible players have adapted their games to the new enforcement reality, which perhaps may also explain why referees have called far fewer penalties of late.With Keith out for five games, Sedin remains sidelined, too. Sedin flew to Vancouver on Thursday for additional medical attention, and the Canucks have not yet commented whether it is a concussion, or how long the team’s leading goal scorer could be out. Sedin’s twin brother Henrik on Alexander Edler Authentic Jersey Thursday night, after beating Dallas 2-1, said Daniel “has got a little bit of a headache,” adding that, “We’ll see what happens in the next couple of days.”The Canucks were in transit to Denver for part of Friday and did not skate.Keith’s blow on Sedin happened like this: With 6 1/2 minutes left in the first period on Tuesday night, the score 1-0 Vancouver, the puck was passed towards Sedin, who was near the boards by the centre red line, but the puck bounced off the boards and Brian Campbell Authentic Jersey careened high in the air. Keith, who was near Sedin, skated towards him - with the puck high above the two, flying away - and elbowed Sedin straight in the head.Keith, after the game, pled innocence: “I’m not trying to hurt anybody. I hope he’s okay.”Some folks were wondering why we were so critical of Ales Hemsky's two-year, $10 million deal with the Edmonton Oilers and less skeptical of Mikhail Grabovski's new five-year, $27.5 million pact. Well, it’s really Tim Tebow Jets Jersey a case of simple math.First, let’s start by saying it’s a moot point to debate whether anyone who has never scored 30 goals in an NHL season or topped the 60-point plateau is "worth" more than $5 million a year, as is the case with Grabovski.What is more illuminating is to examine the two teams’ options Peyton Manning Youth Jersey when it came to these players and what were their relative needs.
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