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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
If we ban fighting how do we "restore some meaning to fighting"? Honest question.
A ban is a ban. Is the ban for the staged fight only or is it for all fighting?
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It is my opinion that a ban on fighting will not result in the total disappearance of fighting from the game. Players will almost certainly still fight in rare instances (the intensity and pace of the game almost makes such confrontations occasionally inevitable), but with stiff consequences, the reasons for starting or participating in a fight will also become all the more significant.
My interest is primarily in getting the goons out of the game. The provisions made for fighting in professional hockey act as harmful enablers for people who have no business playing hockey to pursue a hockey career. Quite simply, if you can't play the game at the NHL level, then I don't believe you should be allowed to play in the NHL. A ban on fighting will ensure that these players have no place in the game, since they can't do anything else.