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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
So what purpose does it serve then?
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"Retribution" was the word I was trying to think of, btw. And fighting serves several purposes. Potential to change momentum. It does have a role as a deterrent (real and/or imagined, take your pick. The Flames players certainly believed it). And, it can serve as retribution following an incident. Sometimes dirty hit, sometimes clean but big. The path Dion was going down is that if you can't fight a guy following such an incident, it is probable that someone is going to jab the player with their stick instead - either immediately or later, after 'taking down the number'.