For those of you who may remember, I sent the NHL’s Commissioner Gary Bettman a letter on March 12th, 2011 complaining about the vicious hit on Max Pacioretty by Zdeno Chara.
https://www.capitalware.com/rl_blog/?p=435
This week I (finally) received a reply from Mr. Bettman.
https://www.capitalware.com/dl/docs/Response_letter_from_NHL.pdf
It looks like a form letter sent to hundreds (or thousands) of people who may have complained about vicious hits in the NHL. Mr. Bettman if you are going to take the time to have your secretary print-off (mail-merge) a form letter, the least you (your secretary) could do is GET MY NAME RIGHT. My name is Roger Lacroix and not Richard Lacroix!!! (They even had it wrong on the envelope!)
The good part of the letter is point # 3: making teams and coaches accountable for repeat offenders. That’s a step in the right direction. The whole vicious hit issue could easily be fixed with one simple rule: the attacking player cannot play hockey until the person who was hit returns to playing hockey again. It is simple and it would be extremely effective. Yes, I know, people will cry that it is “an eye for an eye” but what is wrong with that?
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
