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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Officials barely make that call these days. I've seen plenty of instigated fights where the instigator rule wasn't called. NHL officials barely even use the majority of the rules in the book and are more game managers than anything these days.
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It's rarely ever called and anyone who thinks players don't react to hits because of the instigator penalty doesn't watch enough hockey.
Gio attacked Komarov right after a big hit and guess what? Gio didn't get an instigator and even if he did, do you think next time he wouldn't do the exact same thing? You bet he would.