i've said it once, and i'll say it again... a few thousand dollar fine, and a few games, is that really penalizing enough??
for any injury intent related penalties, why not make the penalty a 10 min major (ie. double the 5 min major of today). make the dumb action of an individual a penalty to the entire team (10 mins of straight pp should cost the team about a goal, two, maybe more).
when the penalty of a single action by a single individual of a team can cost a team losing a game, not only will it make individuals more careful of their actions, it will make GMs and coaches more careful of who they sign or choose to play.
naturally, fines and future suspensions still play a role as that is the only way to battle the goonery/buffoonery that occurs when a game is out of reach.
seriously, does any coach play matt cooke in the playoffs knowing that at any given moment he is a double major (10 min straight of powerplay) liability to his team? getting the buffoons out of the league is step1 in avoiding these plays. step2 is continuing to heavily penalize 1 time offenders to ensure players are thinking before going out to make a big game changing hit.
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