NHL's Worst Rule Contest: "Rule 48" vs Touch Icing

Today finishes up "round one" of the voting. Thus far, we have Intent to Blow, The Trapezoid, and the Instigator rule moving on into round two. Today, the so called "Head shot rule" vs Touch Icing.

The Rules:

That penalty is described here:

Boarding Rule 41.1 

Why do these rules suck?

First off, both rules were half-measure reactions by the league and the NHLPA. Neither goes far enough to do any real good, and both need to be explored in the next CBA. How the NHLPA accepts rules such as these is beyond me. Both rules are of the type "We're waiting for someone to die before we act." 

Rule 48: This rule was the ultimate knee-jerk reaction from the league. A rule they threatened to force through without NHLPA involvement, and a rule that has done little to nothing to remove the type of hits it was intended to remove. The referee needs a lawyer to decipher the rule in the first place, and yet somehow, they are calling it.

This was heralded as "a first step" in eliminating head shots in the NHL. The problem is, the head shots keep coming, the concussions keep coming, at the pace at which the NHL accepts change make it unlikely this rule is ever taken any further.