As much as someone wants to pretend otherwise, this has nothing to do with setting an age limit for decision making. The connection between young adulthood and poor decision making was only brought up to counter the point that because he’s legally an adult at 21 then everyone should think it completely acceptable.
The issue, as pointed out, is that the decision is even on the table in the first place. There is financial incentive to fight, so the solution has to have a financial component. Suspend players for 5-10 games for every fight, and you’ll see it gone in no time. The NHL has a responsibility to protect its players and it isn’t doing that sufficiently, regardless of what anyone wants to argue otherwise.
In terms of “where is the line,” well, it’s a dumb point to begin with because there’s nothing that suggests we need to predetermine where the eventual line is going to be before we do anything. It’s just another method of pathetic waving away of the problem. We can start by removing things that are already penalties and not part of the game. How about that?
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