Ask the STEAMER?

Dear Steamer -
You are loaded with hockey braniacs, and you know that helmets were mandated into the NHL for players starting in 1979.  Do you think the league should, and ever will, go to mandatory visors? 

Thanks - Gord Johannson - Moose Knuckle, Sakatchewan

Gord -

Thanks for the high praise.  We remember Craig MacTavish being the last player to play without a helmet - and after a while it seemed weird.  We get the "toughness" angle in the NHL, but if players want to, they can take off their helmet to shed the visor (see: Iginla, Jerome).  It can also be argued that Bryan Berard's injury still may have occurred with a shield.  But really, visors should be mandatory in the NHL - there is too much at stake.

Stay safe out there Gord!

- The Steamer 

PS - Happy belated B-day to Big Bizzzzness