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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Frankly, yes; because fights occurred in almost every game during the Battles of Alberta in the 1980s, and that skews the numbers.
I have, however, already said that I think fighting should be out of the game now. I just don't believe Jiri makes a good case for it when he says, ‘But seat belts!’ He makes a downright bad case when he says people like him should decide the issue because players are too stupid to know what's good for them.
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The 80 Battles of Alberta were also between the 2 best teams in the league condensed into a single corridor of Highway 2.
I would venture a guess that what made those battles so epic had less to do with the blood spilled and more to do with fierce competition.
Personally, I can count on one hand the number of games where a fight had any retainable memory of any value, but they're also generally in games of magnitude.
I can't recall any brawl on a Wednesday in February making any difference to my enjoyment level.