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Originally Posted by nfotiu
The instigator rule has been in place for 24 years. Somewhere along the line since then dressing a goon just allowed your goon to fight a staged fight against the other teams goon. That was no deterrent to anything.
The arguments at the time were that stick work was going to be more dangerous to players than fighting was. Well, the science of head injuries has completely reversed that equation. With what we know about head injuries, it is pretty disgusting that the nhl even allows fighting to the extent it does now.
If star players (or any players for that matter) are missing games due to slashes on the hands, then it is time for the nhl to consistently crack down on it, stick to the ruling and let it leave the game. It always amazes me that the nhl cannot bring itself to consistently call its rules and establish thresholds for when they should be called. Instead they follow Bettman's misguided attempts to manage the excitement of games at the expense of the integrity of the game.
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Thats a nice wall of words....but who said anything about dressing a goon?
The instigator rule doesn't discriminate against anyone, no matter your role.
No one is able to answer star players getting bullied, including themselves!
But I suppose it is way easier to blame it on Bettman.
