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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Winning a fight has a lot of randomness to it.
So the fact that somehow people think that you need an enforcer to "pay back" for something bad a player did is just so idiotic and pointless.
I'm sorry but this entire thing is just proof of how dumb this all is.
Flames lost the game, lost a player. Wow sure is good that fighting is still in the game because....why?
Dumb.
F'n Dumb.
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Fighting being or not being in the game doesn't change the fact that Dube gets hit. It doesn't change the fact that Dube is looking into his own zone for at least a full three seconds without minding his surroundings. It's a violent game.
I actually don't think fighting should still be in the sport. Listening to Dan Carcillo talk about his issues post-career, watching all these guys die young, it's not worth it. I don't care about the intangibles - call the penalty and get on with the game. Just because it feels cathartic doesn't mean it's good.
I will fully admit that I appreciated few things as much as when Iginla would square up with another player, take off his helmet, and go to work.
The league could remove much of what ails it with two months of stringent officiating to set new standards. IE don't hit people in the head. Call the retaliatory slashes. Minimize stick work.
My point was simply that, in a world without enforcers, this is what fighting looks like. And we can lament that Hamonic got hurt all we want, but if you don't have a dedicated face puncher, someone else is gonna get punched in the face. And you may not like who it is.
Gudbranson was a non-factor the rest of the game. Maybe the fight's the reason for that. Maybe not. But as long as fighting is legal, you fight Gudbranson. And if you're not going to win, try not to lose in a demoralizing fashion.
In 2005-06, the division champion Flames lost a playoff series to the Ducks. People lament the post Huselius hit, but Calgary lost the series right here:
It can't be a good feeling to see your teammate get dropped. I would attribute the disjointed start to the Hamonic loss as much as anything.