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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
So last year, when our star player had over 20 slashes to his hand/wrist area in a single game and was out for multiple weeks, you don't think a real intimidating threat on the ice might have prevented that?
If Eric Staal gets an elbow to the chops the first time he slashes Gaudreau, I promise you he thinks twice before doing it again. It isn't the fighter that is the biggest deterrent, it is the guy who others think might cross the line.
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I'm saying I've been watching hockey for 20+ years and the next slash that brings about a fight will be the first.
Our star player took 20 hacks to the hands and nobody on the team did #### for him.
Look, I like fighting. I think it serves a purpose - I know there's no way to quantify this, but the Calgary Flames lost in 2005 to the Ducks as soon as Beauchimen dropped Iggy. They were never the same after that. Never mind the series, the Flames under Iginla were not the same after the fight.
Fighting in hockey is part of the romance of the sport. You can't make logical arguments about romance. But this photo doesn't happen in a game without fighting. I love this photo. It epitomises everything I love about the game.
Don't ever ban it.