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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
People keep on saying on one HAS to fight but that's too simplistic a view. There is tremendous pressure on enforcers to fight, or lose their spot in the league.
Many of them don't enjoy doing it. They dread it. They hated it.
Does that seem like a healthy part of the sport?
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It's not too simplistic. Jiri I understand this is your greatest passion about the game but I just dont see it leaving the game in our lifespan. Eventually maybe but not anytime soon.
And the enforcers you speak are pretty much done and gone, you're arguing against a freshly dead corpse. The McGratton era is gone.
Iggy said it himself, it's a part of the game , wished it wasnt but it regulates other bad behavior. And before you argue for numerical evidence. Take the word of a player who played the game and used fighting the proper way.
But I can see that this take is definitely falling on def ears. This is your thing man. Fight your fight but I disagree and have long disagreed with your take on fighting in the NHL. The goon era is gone. And the "bell answering" era will fade away too eventually. But fighting will still go on in some fashion.