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Originally Posted by highthief
That's the point I'm trying to make - the cost of fighting at big tournaments is too high. You can get kicked out of the game and lose it for your team.
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You don't seem to get what I'm saying, it isn't that the cost of fighting is too high at these IIHF tournaments, it's that it's against the rules, it isn't allowed, they don't use the same rules as the NHL, it's illegal, prohibited, not allowed, as I said before read the IIHF rules on fighting,and you'll see it has nothing to do with the cost of fighting and everything to do with the rule book.
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You know, in the European pro leagues there is no fighting - yet somehow the game survives and prospers.
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Really? No fighting you say? You sure about that, because I can find plenty of videos that say otherwise.
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The only place it might drop would be in places hockey shouldn't be to begin with - the Nashvilles and Carolinas of the world. Which would be fine - then maybe real hockey towns like Hamilton or Winnipeg could get a franchise.
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This I can agree with, I'd love to see a team back in Winnipeg again, even Hamilton would be cool, also I agree hockey shouldn't be in Nashville or Carolina, or Anaheim for that matter, Atlanta even.
It's safe to say though, you'll never completely get rid of fighting in the NHL, it just isn't going to happen, the players will still fight, the fans will still go nuts and cheer, and others will still complain it's barbaric and has to be gone.