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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
^You are preaching to the choir because I've also argued that hitting needs to evolve to be about puck retrieval and nothing more.
I don't really care though how fans react (people are savage) or what a player like Iginla says. I think the players are terrible at guarding their own safety.
But it's about removing something (fighting) that I think is unnecessary to the game but does present long-term risks to players.
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OK, so you don't care about fans opinions, and you don't care about players opinions, and you don't care about management and league officials opinions, you just want hockey to conform to your opinion.
If you want me to take you seriously, how about providing some statistical (not just anecdotal) evidence that fighting in the NHL presents a long term risk to the players more than other collisions (even just puck retrieval collisions) do. After all, statistical evidence is what you've demanded of fighting supporters.