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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Of course it is.
Can someone explain to me the logic of a physical altercation where you are engaging in actions designed to hurt that person, but not hurt them THAT badly.
He punches Kessy to the ice and then immediately calls for help.
Yeah man - when you punch someone and cause them to fall to the ice - there's a chance they could ACTUALLY get hurt. WTF
I mean it's just silly, reckless and unnecessary.
And it WILL be eliminated at some point. We all know that.
So let's just cut to the chase and do it now.
At some point, say in 10 years, we will look back and wonder how on earth it was still allowed, much in the same way we marvel at how players used to play without helmets.
What's appalling is that we now know enough about brain injuries that there is NO reason why the logical steps haven't already been taken to eliminate fighting.
It's the great embarrassment of the sport I love.
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I've said it before, I grew up with the 80s brawl style hockey and LOVED it. To me all the fights, the brawls was something I looked forward to often got super hyped over before games where I knew something would happen like in the battle of Alberta.
Now I am a grown up and see this all in a different light, the harm, the risk and what this message sends to kids growing up in the sport. They see their hero's fighting, they emulate and try to be like them.
I just have zero desire to see any more fighting.