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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
You can't just make other players eat oyur stick nowadays. You'll be watching from the press box serving your suspension.
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You don't need to do it very often. Word gets around: I am not someone to trifle with. Look at a player like Lucic (not that they are the same type). He used to be feared for his fists but the instigator rule means you can refuse to fight him and he'll pay the price if he goes after you with his fists. Now he'll cheap shot you instead and you can see that players are reluctant to administer hard body checks as he'll use his stick on you behind the play. It buys him more time and space. Bob Probert used to get the same due to his fighting ability and the fact that nobody wanted to wake him up. Cheap shots are taking over from fighting. I'm not talking about one team's tough guy fighting another team's tough guy. They're rarely scoring threats.