[Derek Sutton]

So nobody wants staged fighting and no one liked the Ferrence/ Stempniak fight, yet most still want fighting? what else is there?

If Stempniak drops his gloves immediately and goes with Ferrence, the Flames rally behind him as opposed to the Oilers rallying around Ferrence. Its not like Ferrence is a known tough guy, yet Stempniak feels he is too much of a goal scorer to stand up for himself. Yes hitting is part of the game, it was a good hit, but fighting is part of the game to and they go hand in hand. Ferrence was being a captain and standing up for himself and standing up for his team (after the beat down Mcgratton laid), is that not the "pro fighting" argument? He should have gotten an instigator, but really Stempniak looked foolish, we all could tell something was gonna happen, get your gloves off for f sakes