Ducks' George Parros is willing to listen

Last week, Ducks forward George Parros was talking with fellow NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard on a beach in Southern California.
A few days later, Boogaard was dead.
"He said he was sorry about the year, the way it went," Parros said. "He said his head felt fine and he was looking forward to working out in Los Angeles."
His head felt fine.
Parros might replay those words in his head for a while.
Boogaard was limited to 22 games last season with the New York Rangers because of a concussion he suffered during a fight in December.
His unexpected death last Friday has cast further light on the impact of head injuries on players.
Recent research has shown that NHL fighters Reggie Fleming and Bob Probert both suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive brain disease, prior to their deaths. Fleming was 73 when he died in 2009; Probert was 45 when he died in 2010.
Boogaard was 28 when he was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment.
His family has donated his brain to a Boston University research center that studies CTE.
Parros, who is 31, will follow the study closely.
"It's something the nfl jerseys has been looking at with the concussion thing, and Probert and everything else," he said. "I'm interested to see what the findings are."
Parros is also the Ducks' representative to the NHL Players' Association.
That gives him a unique platform to effect change
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on important issues.
In light of Boogaard's death, there might be no more pressing issue in the game than severe head injuries and what can be done to prevent them.
"Personally I feel like (the NHL) has been all over it," Parros said. "All you hear about lately is trying to take away shots to the head. Padding has been installed. They're trying to zero in on guys who have been taking cheap(cheap handbags) shots.
"You're not going to take concussions 100 percent away from a sport, but they've been doing a good job targeting specific shots to the head."
But is it enough? Some outside observers have suggested a ban on fighting altogether, though that has not been formally discussed.
The correlation between fights and concussions isn't exact.
Parros led the league in major penalties last season with 27, but he said he hasn't suffered a concussion in a hockey game since he played in the junior leagues more than 12 years ago.
It's not like Boogaard was a bad fighter, either.
The 6-foot-7, 265-pound forward "was one of the best," Parros said.
"He was bigger and stronger than most of us. He was certainly imposing, a skilled fighter, and knew what he was doing out there."
Yet the job took a severe toll on Boogaard.
Acpower cording to one report, Boogaard didn't leave his apartment for weeks after suffering his most recent concussion,仓储笼, and had to wear sunglasses(we have cheap sunglasses) outdoors because the light bothered him.
But there could have been other factors in Boogaard's death.
Police have said foul play wasn't suspected but the veteran had recently received counseling in the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse & Behavioral Health Program, acpower cording to one report.
For that reason, Parros' reaction remains guarded.
"It's going to take some time to link really solid evidence," he said. "If something were to come out that said a concussion causes this, or a concussion is directly a result, or could be a cause of death - however drastic it is, you have to listen to the evidence and go from there. I'll certainly listen to any studies that come out.
"As far as changing the way I play the game, right now I probably will not."

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