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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
I have a crazy idea...How about the refs do their job and call penalties?
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If that's not happening, which it won't be often, maybe players like Giordano, Monohan, Brouwer, Ferland, Bouma, Tkachuk, Wideman, Engelland, Hamilton, Chaisson, or basically half of the team, step up and lay into someone who's taking liberties?
I know it's pretty outlandish to think that teammates can stick up for a smaller teammate and all....none of this was such a big problem a few years ago because players were willing to get their noses dirty - this doesn't even mean fighting. Little of it was to do with having face-punchers on the bench. The average player isn't willing to do it anymore, at least with any regularity.