Kun Eric Lindros haluaa taklauksista eroon niin Saku Koivu haluaa lisää fyysisyyttä peliin. Lähteenä The Athletic:
I like the game, I like the speed, the skill, in a way. I don’t like that, well, I understand them getting the hooking and obstruction and that away, but then there’s the physical game. Let’s say someone, his strength was the physical game, in a right way he was mean. His game was that if you wanted to go to the net, and he was playing, you knew you had to pay a price. We’re getting away from that, and I don’t like that. Especially when you talk about playoff hockey, it was fun, it was exciting, and we’re getting away from that a little bit because they’re trying to call everything so you get more time and more speed for the skill, which is good. Overall, I like the game, it’s really fast, but the physical part, they’re getting away from that.
The physical part of the game seemed to bring the best out of you.
Yeah, but not just for me, but also to watch it, I liked that.
Fyysinen pelaaja haluaa vähentää taklauksia ja taitava pelaaja haluaa nähdä lisää fyysisyyttä nyky-NHL:ssä. Mitä siitä sitten pitäisi miettiä? Varmaan sen, että tuskin noita taklauksia ihan hetkeen tullaan kieltämään.