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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Mike Johnson intimated that if Tkachuk continued not to fight but continued to dish out massive hits, other teams would start to target Flames skilled players as a way of "raising the ante" to make Tkachuk stop hitting players
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I get that stance...........if Tkachuk were hitting other skilled players. So Kassian's of the world are off limits for physical play now in the NHL, versus like the old days where players like that just rolled with it and stuck up for their team mates if needed?