That’s bc they happen once every 4 years. I don’t watch soccer but I watch the World Cup. Terrible example. You know what else I’ve never watched outside of the Olympics and never would even if it was on daily? Curling. You can’t compare Olympic Hockey to everyday hockey. Many more ppl watch just simply bc it’s the Olympics.
- nyrangers9479

So hockey is not hockey unless it's the NHL?


And now this?

https://www.nhl.com/news/...game-in-30-years/c-519476

I think they worried about the other guys going at it and it escalating into a bench clearing.
- JRR1285

Nothing wrong with that once a year

That would be cool if you saw what that dead person saw
- mdw7413

Tell me about it. I also wish it was the colored part so I could have different eyes.

That would be cool if you saw what that dead person saw
- mdw7413

It's not the big C or something terrible but it (frank)ing sucked.

Cut the damn middle of my eye out and sewed a dead person's part back into the hole.


- JRR1285

Do you see other dimensions now?

The league has for the past 10+ year tried slowly to get fighting out of the game. Why? I don’t know. But the visors, the instigator etc etc, it’s a push and they’re not going to stop until it’s eventually gone.
- nyrangers9479

The NHL has done nothing to ban fighting. You know what the league did do in 2005? started to emphasize speed and skill. Guys still fight in the NHL. Give 5 minutes for and they can go right back on the ice. That's just another set of facts.

So hockey is not hockey unless it's the NHL?


And now this?

https://www.nhl.com/news/...game-in-30-years/c-519476
- tomburton99

Again, it’s the Olympics. On a WORLD WIDE BROADCAST. How many of those people do u think watch hockey outside of the Olympics?

- eichiefs9

2 seconds was enough of that.

Do you see other dimensions now?
- Fenrir

No, but I am now made up for 4 people's tissue.

That would be cool if you saw what that dead person saw
- mdw7413

The league has for the past 10+ year tried slowly to get fighting out of the game. Why? I don’t know. But the visors, the instigator etc etc, it’s a push and they’re not going to stop until it’s eventually gone.
- nyrangers9479

I think it was more the staged fighting which was really dumb. Fighting during an emotional game spur of the moment, good. Guys chatting to each other taking the gloves off, rolling up their sleeves, circling for 5 minutes before a fight, dumb. imo

Nothing wrong with that once a year
- mdw7413

You're not wrong.

2 seconds was enough of that.
- JRR1285

You're missing out if you didn't watch for at least another second or two

Tell me about it. I also wish it was the colored part so I could have different eyes.
- JRR1285

No, but I am now made up for 4 people's tissue.
- JRR1285

Cool!

- eichiefs9

OMG

I think it was more the staged fighting which was really dumb. Fighting during an emotional game spur of the moment, good. Guys chatting to each other taking the gloves off, rolling up their sleeves, circling for 5 minutes before a fight, dumb. imo
- mdw7413

I mean how was this fun to watch?

- eichiefs9

The NHL has done nothing to ban fighting. You know what the league did do in 2005? started to emphasize speed and skill. Guys still fight in the NHL. Give 5 minutes for and they can go right back on the ice. That's just another set of facts.
- tomburton99

When a guy would fight a guy with a visor and the other guy didn’t have 1, they would both un-button the chin strap so they wouldn’t shred their hands. The NHL banned that to cut down on fights.

OMG
- mdw7413

I crack up laughing out loud every single time I see it. Hasn't gotten old

When a guy would fight a guy with a visor and the other guy didn’t have 1, they would both un-button the chin strap so they wouldn’t shred their hands. The NHL banned that to cut down on fights.
- nyrangers9479

They banned it to cut down on damaged brains and skulls

I mean how was this fun to watch?

- tomburton99

Great hit by Reaves, fight dumb

Cool!
- Fenrir

Technically, fighting isn’t “allowed” at the NHL level. It’s a bit of an assumption to think that the Q, a league that isn’t really a fighting league anyway, is going to have a ripple effect to the NHL. The NCAA continues to be my example.

I think Tom is right on this one. It’s about paying kids (16 & 17 year olds) and not allowing them to fight.

I’m completely indifferent on the point. I don’t want them to get rid of fighting at any level, but also don’t give a rats ass if it’s banned. The players will figure out a way to police the game differently if fighting is gone.
- Bean_Dip

Technically, yet it happens regularly in todays NHL. So it's allowed. And I said it COULD have a ripple effect. I think the odds of it happening become much higher if other major junior leagues adopt the rule also.


To your point, fighting is more rare in the Q, so it seems like they are more provoked fights than staged fights. Sure you don't want 16 and 17 year old's fighting, but you also don't want kids playing like dirtbags with no repercussion

You're missing out if you didn't watch for at least another second or two
- eichiefs9

Alright, I'll give that one to you.