Reactions to Rome's hit on Horton

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If you missed the Aaron Rome hit on Nathan Horton you can watch it here. Here's what some had to say about the hit:

Claude Julien: "I think what I would call it is it was a blindside hit that we've talked about taking out of the game," Claude Julien said. “[Horton] made the pass. It was late. [Rome] came from the blindside. Whether it's through the motion of the hit, it appeared he left his feet a little bit."

Alain Vigneault: "That hit was a head-on hit," Vigneault said. "[Horton] was looking at his pass. It was a little bit late, but I don't think that's the type of hit that the league's trying to take out."

Manny Malhotra: "I thought it was a very clean hit. The timing was maybe a fraction off, but all in all, you see those hits on a daily basis."
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Mark Recchi: "It's tough to see your teammate laying down there on the ice. We knew it was a late hit, but we're more concerned about his health at this time. The league can take care of the rest. The refs did a good job. Like I said, the league will handle things the way they handle it. We can't control that."

Milan Lucic: "I was obviously on the ice with Nathan there and I had looked in his eyes and you could tell he had his bell rung a bit. But he's a tough guy, he's a warrior. He's been one of, if not our best forward throughout the playoffs. It was good to hear in the first intermission that he was doing OK and it definitely was something that he would have wanted us to step up and get that win for him."
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Shawn Thornton: "We talk about it all the time as players. That's the shit we've got to get out of the game. Headshots, blindside, that's what the rule is there for. So I got to see the replay and I don't think that stuff is warranted. And that's on us as players. It's out of our hands now. It needs to be addressed because there's too many of those things going on in this league as far as I'm concerned."
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Video of Shawn Thornton, Henrik Sedin, Brad Marchand, Andrew Ference, Daniel Paille, and Mark Recchi reactions to the hit

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