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Originally Posted by BBQorMILDEW
Fighting in hockey is a beautiful thing. Two opposing players, in the heat of the moment letting go and fighting for their teams pride.
I truly will be sad when it gets banned, then the pussification of the NHL will be complete.
And i'm willing to bet that the States will still not pay any attention to it.
I'm honestly shocked at just how many people on here are against fighting... Guess none of you watch UFC either, eh?
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First of all the problem with fighting in hockey now is that players don't fight for the pride, they fight for the paycheck. We as fans criticize players like Jackman for not fighting enough when they have a bad game. We expect fighting to happen regardless what those players feel at the moment(which could be fear as well). That is why we hear about enforcers getting addicted to pain killers too. If fights were to happen only because of pride the amount of fighting would decrease substantially.
Also I wanted to mention that I am a huge fan of MMA(and UFC in particular), but there fighters are not fighting on the ice while wearing armor. Also there are rules against grabbing gloves or shorts during a fight. Also, MMA is a game of strategy and not who can wrestle who to the ice and fall on top(like many fights in the NHL are).
One last point to consider: if players really fight for pride would they really just stand in place holding on to each other because they got tired? I know I wouldn't be just waiting for a referee to break the fight up if it was a matter of pride.