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Originally Posted by Mutt
i've heard that too - my thought is that a big culprit is the equipment, it is like a knight's armour, if i could show you the equipment i played in as a kid from 6 up to my early 20's - very light small shoulder pads, elbow pads were small too - no visor on helmet. kids and pro's today are fearless they are padded so well - the thing is that the human brain is not supposed to be rattled violently on a daily basis. hockey boards are also built way too stiff now, no give in them to absorb some of the force.
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More so than the boards, I would argue the seamless glass is the bigger culprit of the two. In order to be seamless, they make the glass so damn rigid, there is no give at all in some of the buildings.