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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Sorry but attacking a player who won't drop the gloves, although terrible, is in no way, shape or form the equivalent of attacking your spouse.
It's comparing stealing a chocolate bar to a hate crime.
I've been a fan of the Flames through the Bertuzzi years and Marchment year but would burn my jerseys if they ever knowingly employed a women abuser again. Gilmour was already a big enough stain on this organization but times were different.
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mmmm Those might be a bit too far apart.
I'd say it's akin to assaulting the friend of a dude who's fighting your buddy at a bar. Even then, punching someone unexpectedly and then slamming them into the ground is and should be jail time in pretty much any other context.
I cheered for Bertuzzi when he scored for the Flames, but would have been totally happy if he never saw the ice again. Blatant attempts to severely injure have no more place on the ice as they do anywhere else and the league would be better to be rid of players who do it. Was the NHL a more entertaining game for keeping Bertuzzi in it? Is Tom Wilson a necessary player? Would the NHL have batted an eye if Matt Cooke never existed? Kick them out. Who cares?
Does the NHL need Slava Voynov? No, it really doesn't. I would argue no one is above this line. If Conner McDavid takes a Marty McSorely slash at someone's head tomorrow, I never want to see him again. Sorry. No one's good enough to do that and walk away from it scott free.