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Originally Posted by Major Major
If a guy agrees to a fight while his team is up 2-0, he is in a no win situation. He does so out of impulsive emotion, defending his own honor, or out of respect for the other player involved. Prust did a great job of illustrating this in his player's Tribune article. If a player takes advantage of one of these reasons and has a well-timed fight (Engelland's was perfect), than he has demonstrated a hockey based skill which effected the belief of his team and changed momentum within the game.
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And it's not completely unpredictable at all. It's just a subjective thing. Sometimes your team can win the fight but it can be completely detrimental. If they made a dirty play or hurt a guy or took a stupid penalty the win is meaningless.
Ugh at this rate in ten years each team is going to assigned a heart and endurance rating out of 100 to try to make the stats appear closer to reality.
Like go watch the UFC and tell me that the intangibles don't matter. Hockey is a physical sport and anyone that doesn't think that confidence and mindset is important is living in a fairy tale.