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Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame
We've already essentially reduced fighting to non-existence, now they want to take away body checking too?
If that ever happens, I'm out as an NHL fan.
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“There are many fewer collisions … There was no such phrase of finishing your check. That was the nature of the game. As the years have gone on, the shifts have shortened and the speed has increased.”
By comparison, today’s game is a “relay race,” said Dryden. “You pass the baton to the next player and it’s another 38 (second shift). For 60 seconds, you don’t stop. It means there’s much less time, much less space and much more collisions and much more forceful collisions.”
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The game is more physical than ever, and it's going to stay a very physical game. But because the physicality has increased so much, the pace is so much faster and the players so much bigger, you really have to consider that maybe the rules should change to reflect that.
Limiting body checking would likely just make the game more like it used to be.