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Originally Posted by Vulcan
European hockey was known for it's slashing and it's non fighting game. When the NHL brought in the instigator rule, and more Euros were brought in, slashing as predicted increased.
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Did it really? Or is this just something that people say?
I don't recall any Canadian players having their ankle broken with a slash during the Summit Series.
Of all the famous stick swinging incidents I can think of, all of them were Canadian culprits. Simon, McSorely, Clarke, Brown, Messier had one too?
The list of dirtiest players all time is pretty much all Canadian.
I like fighting. I want fighting to stay in the game. But the only good arguement for keeping fighting is that we like it.
I haven't ever seen a convincing "Fighting prevents X" arguement.