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RyanBoss said 11/09, 10:39 PM
The NHL has seemed to take a firm stance on the state of fighting in the NHL. It's bad! I can only think of one thing to say to the nhl. Who cares!!!!! Fighting is apart of hockey just like tackling is a part of football. I have played hockey for years and have been the proud member of a couple of scrapps which were all in the heat of battle and every time it was for a purpose and not out of hate or anger. Most players that fight do it for momentum and thats a fact. 3-0 in the second it's a fighters time to shine because in hockey like many other sports it's momentum and the ability to out play the other opponent that wins games and fighting is and has been a full proof way to change the momentum of games and rally the troops to victory because as the broad street bullies would say THEY CANT CALL EVERYTHING.

RyanBoss said 11/10, 02:05 PM
well I am sorry I dont draw it up clearly but really what I am trying to argue is that fighting is somthing that is apart of hockey and shouldn't be the crime that they make it out to be. I do agree that the NHL has yet to make serios changes against it, but it seems every year we hear about them complaining about it. I almost forgot that hockey is a contact sport. The only good argument against it is the injury aspect to it. Maybe I haven't payed close enough attention to the injury reports in hockey but I havent heard very many players go on the shelf for injuries they got in fighting. Hockey players are known to be athletes that play with bruises, scares, and missing teeth. It's all part of playing the sport of hockey. I dont know what you know about the Flyers or thier past but that is where I got the they cant call everything is a phase coined by the flyers. They used the aggresive chippy style of hockey that worked. Teams where intimiidated and it worked. They are the living proof that fighting is affective. The NHL pushing the speed game and getting rid of all the clutching and grabbing to me was them getting away from fighting.

RyanBoss said 11/10, 03:06 PM
Hmmmm.....they I am sorry to be perfetcly clear to you GM's, Gary bettman, and all those who took part in the rule changes after the strike are also subject to this matter. The GM meetings every year are in some way about the need to get fighting out of hockey or somthing directly related like open ice hits. It seems like they just want to turn hockey into advanced ice skating with sticks. A lot of the rule changes made to "free up offensive play" to me where direct changes made against players that benifited from playing the fighters style of hockey. The Bob Proberts of hockey have no room in the NHL any more because The NHL has ruled them out of the picture. To be more specific for you about those rule changes I am talkin about them increasing the amount of Holding calls and Hooking calls, taking out the 2 line pass rule, and other small rule changes that really just take the tough guys out of the picture. Yes the NHL hasn't came out and said fighting is not ok but they have done enough to say that thier underlined intention for the sport today is to get away from it.

Maybe you can be clear with me are you agreeing with me now that fighting is good???