Former NHLer speaks out: “The NHL didn’t care about my health.”

You probably don't remember Malcolm Davis, that's because he only ever played in 100 career games. However on Thursday he wrote an editorial for the National Post one that paints a very damning light on how the NHL treated concussions while he was playing.

I headed to the bench. Despite my concerns, a doctor never looked at me, and I was sent back in to play the rest of the game. I had no idea those few minutes on the bench would cost me a seat on the roster. Afterward, the coaches took me aside and said I “couldn’t take a hit.” Instead of being sent to a doctor or the hospital for a serious head injury, I was simply sent down to the minors.

Davis want to be clear in his editorial, players in his era were repeatedly sent back out on the ice with the effects of concussions and if they refused to do so they were simply sent back down to the minors.

"The league never cared about our health when we played years ago, and they still don’t care about us now that we’re retired," Davis wrote. "Doctors warned us that we might feel pain from our knees or ankles, but no one ever said we could lose our memory, or worse."

You can read his full story here.