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Originally Posted by opendoor
It seems to me that most reasonable people from around the league (Tippett, McKenzie, Friedman, etc.) agreed with Tortorella's take on the situation regarding who to put out there. Though PJ Stock disagreed, so I guess that's something. One only has to go back to the Scott/Kessel incident to see why skill players getting roughed up by goons isn't out of the question.
The only thing Tortorella did wrong was go to the Flames' dressing room and that's why he'll be rightly punished.
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Who cares who they put out on the ice? Its not like the Flames jumped all over them and forced them into fights. Westgarth was the only guy who dropped the gloves on a guy who didn't want to fight and when that became clear he didn't throw a punch.
Sestito and Weise were willing... they squared off in their fight. Bieksa ran after Smid. According to Butler, Garrison was the one with the invite in their tussle.