In the wake of Aaron Rome’s controversial hit that left Nathan Horton hospitalized last night, it struck me just how much the NHL has changed in recent years in regard to hits in which a player’s head is targeted. Such hits have not gone away — and I doubt they ever will entirely — but the attitude toward such plays has shifted. As I watched Horton sprawled out on the ice, the first thing tha

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