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Originally Posted by Beatle17
I always find this a fallacy comparing football and hockey. If a football player wants to avoid a hit he can lay down or run out of bounds. Hockey players are playing at twice the speed with a fence keeping them in bounds so a little frustration could build which causes them to fight. It is a penalty and the players pay the price with that.
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Except it's not a fallacy. Ball carriers in football can go out of bounds on some plays but it's an inevitability they will take several hits during a game. Johnny avoids taking hits all the time as does McDavid. Even Tkachuk commented on how Kassain continued to remain on the tracks after taking the hits. Play dumb like Kassain then he pays the price by taking hard clean hits but playing smart and within the rules should not require fighting. None of the hits Tkachuk laid were penalties so why should he pay a price? Why should a player fight another that is frustrated? This mentality is archaic.