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During his last season in the NHL, the league began expanding their efforts to eliminate hits to the head with new rules and stiffer penalties.

League officials also began looking to penalize " blindside hits ", defined as a bodycheck against a player from the side, where he cannot see the ensuing player coming.

At the time, Kariya called the pending rule changes " long overdue ", adding that " hav been through so much with that ... It's something that should've been in place years and years ago.