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Originally Posted by strombad
This is exactly my point, you're defending Kessel by condemning Scott because he 'broke the code' and went after a guy who doesn't fight. Kessel used his stick as a weapon. That's against the code, and against the actual RULES (which what Scott did is not).
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I just want to chime in on this as it is something that always bothers me.
Fighting is and always has been (as far back as I can tell) against the rules of hockey. There is a penalty for it no different than slashing. And while it may be argued that the penalty is moot for a number of reasons (both players tend to get penalized, it's not a very big deterrent, instigator rule, etc..), it IS against the rules.