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Questioning The Concussion Protocol In The NHL

10/29/2017 at 9:32am EDT

from David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal,

Allan Walsh and the NHL have a long and contentious history together on the topic of concussions.

Walsh, whose client list includes Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, sent out a series of tweets from his verified account specifically aimed at the NHL’s concussion spotter system.

“I just want to be very clear. I am not in any way, what I said yesterday, referencing any specific client or in any way referencing any specific club,” Walsh said Saturday. “It is the league-wide implementation of the concussion spotter protocol that I am criticizing because it is not being applied properly.

“And, like I said, the way the NHL is allowing players to remain in games is a joke.”

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