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Posted on 4/14/12 at 10:35 pm to Bestbank Tiger
If fighting is taken out of hockey, a lot more people will get hurt.
Posted on 4/14/12 at 10:39 pm to DBG
I'm a long time hockey fan. Been watching regularly since 1991 when iwas living in so cal and the kings got Gretzky. I understand fighting has been a historical part of the game. But it's time to rein that bs in. I think it is a detriment to the actual game of hockey which IMO is second only to football.
Posted on 4/14/12 at 10:39 pm to DBG
Agreed. It's fricking stupid and yes I also think beaming someone in baseball is fricking stupid
Posted on 4/14/12 at 10:57 pm to TN Bhoy
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This is ridiculous How the frick is this tolerated?
You must have missed the entire NY-Ottawa game
Did the OP ever see old school hockey before they changed some of the rules in 2005?
Go read this Wiki page's segment called On-ice incidents resulting in charges
NHL rules about fighting
This post was edited on 4/14/12 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 4/14/12 at 11:03 pm to Melvin
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Agreed. It's fricking stupid and yes I also think beaming someone in baseball is fricking stupid
I'm a newb to the hockey phenomenon, but I actually enjoy the fights..
Posted on 4/14/12 at 11:06 pm to Xenophon
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thats all neat and everything.. but wait until some ex players get a lawyer and file a lawsuit against the NHL related to fighting, or MLB related to tolerating hit batters and take out slides, like the NFL is dealing with on the concussion issue.. tradition wont mean shite..
Football and hockey are violent games. Fighting is a long tradition in hockey, people just need to get used to it.
Posted on 4/14/12 at 11:48 pm to Signature
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I'm a newb to the hockey phenomenon, but I actually enjoy the fights.
That's the problem. Fighting gets ratings and is what draws new fans to the sport. But it's fighting, not hockey. The game is beautiful, you don't need the extracurricular bs.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:18 am to tiggah1981
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If you don't know that fighting is part of the game, then just STFU.
+1000000
Hockey =/= football... this has nothing to do w/ the Aints and is not comparable at all, IMHO.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:25 am to HT713
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Hockey =/= football... this has nothing to do w/ the Aints and is not comparable at all, IMHO.
I have no idea why you just said. But listening to someone from Houston's opinion on hockey........
Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:29 am to Zappas Stache
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That's the problem. Fighting gets ratings and is what draws new fans to the sport. But it's fighting, not hockey. The game is beautiful...
Agreed!
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you don't need the extracurricular bs.
Disagree!
Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:30 am to Zappas Stache
It was in response to DBG's complaints about how unfair it was that the Saints bounty was investigated when such a violent thing can happen in hockey. See how it wasn't in response to you? That means it wasn't addressing anything you said. You seem slow but we're gonna' get through this together.
I may have only seen snow 4 times in my life, but I know the cardinal rule is:
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someone from Houston's opinion on hockey
I may have only seen snow 4 times in my life, but I know the cardinal rule is:
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Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:50 am to Bestbank Tiger
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The NHL is much less tolerant of fighting in the postseason. Gotta watch a regular season game to see good fights. Preferably between teams that hate each other.
I disagree. The best fights I've ever seen were in the playoffs.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:52 am to HT713
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It was in response to DBG's complaints about how unfair it was that the Saints bounty was investigated when such a violent thing can happen in hockey. See how it wasn't in response to you? That means it wasn't addressing anything you said. You seem slow but we're gonna' get through this together.
Your right, I'm a slow mind reader.
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quote: Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow.
See, now I like you more.
lol:
Posted on 4/15/12 at 3:55 am to Bestbank Tiger
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The NHL is much less tolerant of fighting in the postseason
yet it happens non stop in the first two rounds
Posted on 4/15/12 at 4:23 am to secfan123
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always thought fighting in hockey was because the game was so fricking boring
Hockey is boring? I think its safe to say you have never watched a game in your life.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 4:47 am to VerlanderBEAST
NHL playoffs are the best postseason of any sport IMO. If they cut out fighting, more dudes will go upside star players heads with their sticks. Enforcers protect the goal scorers.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 6:03 am to Bestbank Tiger
quote:categorically false, teams themselves don't want to risk an extra two minutes for instigation therefore there is either a blowout occurring or shits been agreed upon with a nod or or a gesture between the two players...fighting is as old as the game and a good tune up prevents dirty shite from happening...
The NHL is much less tolerant of fighting in the postseason. Gotta watch a regular season game to see good fights. Preferably between teams that hate each other.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 7:45 am to Zappas Stache
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But listening to someone from Houston's opinion on hockey
We do have a team here, the Aeros. It's not NHL, but there's been hockey in Houston since 1946 and your point is??
Oh, yeah.
frick the Blues and their cheap arse no penalty shots during the game.
Posted on 4/15/12 at 8:35 am to DBG
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And dumbfrick congress wants to investigate the saints bounty
Hooray for false equivalencies! Are you saying hockey isn't cracking down on head shots and concussions. The league suspended one of their marquee players (Ovechkin) for leaving his feet on a check that hit a guy in a shoulder... close enough - 3 games.
You target the head, especially near the boards, you are getting suspended. Same with knee on knee checks. It's the open ice stuff that is the real risk to players, and the NHL has moved to stop it (though Shanahan has started to use the Wheel O Justice, and the non-suspension on Weber is inexcusable).
But fighting? Who gets a concussion from fighting (unless you're getting punched by Matt Cooke)? There's a certain code to fighting and it doesn't result in nearly as many injuries as stick fouls. I'm not the biggest fan of fighting, but like all hockey fans, I do love it when two "heavyweights" square off. Hell, Mrs. Baloo still loves talking about Fistric vs. Iginla.
I don't like "pre-ordained" fights or crap that happens on the first shift that was obviously for show. But when that punk arse Rene Borque elbowed Backstrom in the head, putting him in the hospital and causing him to miss 40 games... well, I was pretty happy to see the Caps dress Erskine so he could punch that bastard in the head. Though Hendricks beat him to it. Hell, Borque even won the fight. But it showed the team was willing to stand up for their stars.
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