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Originally Posted by 868904
It doesn’t matter if the power play scored or not, Hamonic was still going to stand up for Dube and he was still going to have his jaw broken.
As a coach, you have to understand the rules, the culture, the players on both teams and prepare for situations like what happened.
It was stupid of Peters to not have been prepared and to put Hamonic in that position. Hamonic had no choice, in his mind, given what happened last year, given the situation with a rookie, he had to do what he did.
The fault lies here with Peters for putting Hamonic in that position. Peters went into a gun fight with a knife and now he’s lost one of his top defenceman and all you haters of toughness now get Prout for an extended period instead of just two games to start the season.
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I am curious to know what you think Peters should have done differently to either diffuse or address the situation.
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It’s all fine if you want fighting out of the game, the problem is, it’s not and you have to prepare and make line up decisions that reflect the potential condions of a game. Hamonic could not “just let it go”, it would destroy the team bond and chemistry that they wanted to build. They can’t talk about sticking up for each other all training camp and then not respond when that happens to a rookie and no, scoring on the power play would not have been a measured response.
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Two things:
1. I understand that fighting and "the code" in hockey is something that the vast majority of players believe in, and that these will continue to be part of the game so long as they do. Were it up to me I would get it out of the game now, but we are clearly a long way away from that still. However, I think with each passing generation the appetite for fighting in hockey becomes smaller and support among players much less enthusiastic. The day IS coming when fighting will be banned from the NHL, and I think we will see it in our lifetime. It is a safety concern, and I see no good reason to continue to delay the inevitable.
2. Scoring on the powerplay would not have been a measured response? Come on. Of course it would have. Had the Flames scored on their first powerplay, they would have had a lead in the first period. The Canucks would have continued to be on their heels, and the entire complexion of that game almost certainly looks completely different. Scoring on the powerplay likely would have led to a different outcome, and the point of the game is to win. Had the Flames scored on their first pwoerplay, I would bet they would have scored on another, and would probably have won the game.