It's five games into the season. Just five, and the NHL's Department of Player Safety is already reeling thanks to the number of reckless, dirty hits dished out so far this year. Raffi Torres got the hockey world riled up in the pre-season when he delivered a vicious hit to the head of Ducks forward Jakub Silfverberg. The DoPS handed down a record 41-game suspension to Torres, a decision that would appear both simple and long overdue given Torres' history of being suspended for these exact type of hits (example A and example B).
Inconsistency Plaguing NHL's Player Safety Reform
