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Originally Posted by valo403
...he follow ups from the back go too far, but honestly I'm fine with a guy like Scott getting taken out of the game in any fashion. I like fighting in hockey, but he's a joke.
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This is more in line with my take on things. The modern-day hockey fight is little more than a staged contest between combatants who possess an isolated skill that has nothing whatsoever to do with actual hockey play. It's pointless and it's boring. If fighting were eliminated, these sorts of players would disappear along with it, but I am not convinced that all players would stop fighting. In actual fact, this might even help to restore some of what makes "real" hockey fights so good (the rare ones that occur between two players for the purpose of settling scores, or in the heat of the moment).