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Originally Posted by TjRhythmic
And with Westgarth, it was more self preservation... Bieksa waved the kid out taking the faceoff. Bieksa is cheap so he probably thought he'd throw a punch or 2, Westgarth got the jump on him and when Bieksa wasn't fighting Westgarth let him go. It was nothing like Sestito on Nolan, or Thornton and Orpik. Or Ference and Stempniak.
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Yeah, I would reiterate the Westgarth vs Bieksa "fight". Westgarth dropped his gloves quick and grabbed Bieksa, but never even attempted to throw a punch. He seemed surprised that they weren't going after each other and at that point he might have deserved an instigator for shoulder rubbing but not fighting.
And yet the Canuck fans somehow believe that if the Sedins were out there McGrattan and Westgarth would have fought them? Nope, Westgarth vs Bieksa very clearly illustrated that these guys wouldn't have fought anyone not willing to.