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Mathieu Schneider, Rob Blake

Kris King, "Gary Bettman", "Bill Daly", "Colin Campbell", "Damian Echevarietta", Stephane Quintal

12/28/2011 10:43 AM

Then let's have that serious talk.

I do think that teams are taking proper precautions when it comes to concussion-like symptoms. Gone are the days u sat on the bench and barked at the trainer that
u were fine and went right back out onto the ice. The "quiet room" was ridiculed by the media but the reality is that it's catching/identifying more of these players
that, as we used to say, "got my bell rung". Now, some are coming back in 7-10 days instead of 7-10 months after sustaining that 2nd more devastating concussion
while they went back out with "their bell rung".
I think there's still a lot of misinformation out there and it's our jobs to decipher between myth and fact. But precaution for now seems best.
If we're going to have that discussion and want it to be more than just talk then we need to start moving on it.

Brendan Shanahan
Senior Vice President
of Player Safety
National Hockey League

From: "Schneider, Mathieu"

Sent: 12/27/201111:55PMEST
To: "Blake, Robert"
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I think we need to have serious discussion. Guys just don't know how to protect themselves. It's not their fault in many cases. They
were never taught. Shoulder pads are part of it, I believe, but we have to take a step back and analyze everything. We can't afford to be
without our top players on a regular and prolonged basis. Mds
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wrote:

Agree, the positives definitely out weigh the negatives

-----Original Message----From: BFShanahan

To: Mathieu Schneider
Cc: Rob Blake
Sent: Tue, Dec 27, 2011 1 :48 pm

The more I see some of these hits that are clean but still hurting guys the
more I feel like we really need to change these shoulder pads for next
year. What do you think?

Brendan Shanahan
Senior Vice President
of Player Safety
National Hockey teaoue

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