A choice as clear as plexiglass. (Insider: NHL).

Coyotes general manager Mike Barnett is absolutely right when he says players should wear visors. It's the smart thing to do.

But Barnett is wrong when he says visors should be mandatory. The players can make their own decisions about protecting their eyesight and careers. Let these grown men make their own choices.

Save them from themselves? Enough already.

Barnett's proposal is noble and smart, but all it will do is cause him grief from the supposed purists, the old-time hockey guys, who already think the game is too girly. As if being blinded, much like suffering so many concussions that you can't remember your kids' names, is the manly thing ...