When Brendan Shanahan took over as NHL Senior VP of Player Safety and Hockey Operations, many saw him as a white knight. He was the Harvey Dent of the NHL, the man in charge of changing everything that is wrong on the ice. Almost immediately I had an issue with naming a guy like Shanahan to such a position. Many applauded his career, his highlights and the awards in his trophy case but he wasn't the cleanest player in the NHL. I remember the days where Detroit would play Colorado and Shanahan was clotheslining people. He would routinely fight. ****, he even mocked fans while in the penalty box.
Did that ***** deserve it? Probably. That's not to say it's right. If that happened in the NHL these days, the player would probably get fined a certain amount of money and/or based on reputation (or if he played on Boston) suspended a game. When Shanahan took over, he immediately set the record straight and suspended anything in the pre-season that could have been co...
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