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Originally Posted by Jetfire
Why are you putting in such an effort to justify players doing this crap to other players? Of course people always would want Keith, despite him being a dirty player at times, that does not mean this is acceptable behavior, and like Keith, Pronger, or Nyquist here, if Johnny did as you suggest he should, damn right I would support a good long suspension against him. You don't make players pay by chopping them in the face, you make them pay on the scoreboard, otherwise the only thing you're accomplishing is showing how easy it is for other players to get in your head and make you act out like a child, and they'll just whack away at you some more.
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I disagree with the bolded. Although I agree Nyquist should have the book thrown at him. No player should have to punish violence with clean play. It's either a physical sport where the justice is on the ice, or its laid out by the league fairly.
The problem is the league thinks it can walk the line of allowing it to be a physical game where players get a beating in the "dirty areas" and refs can "put the whistle away" but at the same time take away the on-ice justice. They don't want to be basketball but they also don't want to be the UFC. IMO, they're doing a terrible job walking this line.
You can't have players get away with cross checks but the guy who stands up for himself risk suspension or game ejection.