A little more info.
As best as I can source, fighting majors have fallen from 0.64 per game in 2000 to 0.26. But that decline has flattened out in recent years. It's not falling further.
More steps are required to fully remove from the game.
If we care about humans, we should also care about the guys who are having their faces regularly pounded.
Mathieu Olivier had 15 fights last year.
Brandon Duhaime and Mark Kastelic had 10 each.
Pat Maroon and Marcus Foligno had 9 each.
That's still too much for a human to be taking.
The per game averages mask this element, because the aggregate numbers don't look too bad: 1 fight every 8 games.
But there are still guys doing this way too much.
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