This was my initial reaction too. But when I thought about it after I genuinely believe the league is trying to prevent head injuries especially in fights (ie: rule about removing helmets for players in a fight), and since goalies have to remove their helmets to fight I would bet the marching orders are to intervene if they can.
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The refs also have an obligation to stop a fight if they're able, so once the linesman had Fleury he couldn't just let him go. Might be liability reasons
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Just a theory I came up with so don't jump all over me....
The goalies are the only players that will deliberately start a fight without a helmet. All other players generally start a fight with their helmets on and they might fall off during the fight, but if they do come off , the linesmen jump in right away.
The linemen IMO are instructed to stop all fights that the combatants are at risk of injury. And if the NHL let the goalies in this case fight , there would have been a higher risk to them.
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Not the NHL but fighting will no longer be allowed in QMJHL for the 23-24 season.
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IMHO, Goalies tend to get more concussions in fights. They also go down awkwardly.
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If I was a linesman, I’d honestly pretend I didn’t see Fluery at all and ignore Binningtonshitf***dueschef***headprick.
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Marc Andre Fleury is one of my favourite players in the league, he's a guy who deserves the cameras. And the Hall of Fame. I think St. Louis has to buy out Binnington after this season, he's a loose cannon.
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With four wins in their last five games, the Calgary Flames are knocking on the Winnipeg Jets' door for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.www.tsn.ca
As much as he pissed me off in the f*** VEGAS series, it's so hard to hate on MAF. What a f***ing beaut.
I'd be posting that shit on the dressing room whiteboard.Mikael Backlund Calgary Flames feels good to see Winnipeg Jet lose and get closer to a playoff spot | TSN
With four wins in their last five games, the Calgary Flames are knocking on the Winnipeg Jets' door for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Not that Backlund said anything wrong but to try to put the Jets in the frame of mind that they are life and death right now.
I haven't disliked the way they've played the last half dozen games but at some point you have to make your own luck and I don't think the Jets are playing with an appropriate level of desperation.
We better see that today.
As for fighting, I think it's time for the league to just get rid of it. If there are liability issues and they are preventing injury it just has no place in the game anymore. Don't mess around, just end it. Thank God fighting by appointment is all but done, I always hated that shit. Looking back it seems extremely ridiculous. Take up a roster spot with a guy who can't play but just fights, and then at a certain time of the game, have a boxing match.
Fighting is the stupidest thing in hockey. A league that has rules about hits to the head allows for large men on skates to punch each other in the face and still be able to participate in the game.
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Apparently James Reimer is no bueno with Pride night in San Jose
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I doubt he's good enough to stick in the league with the baggage of being known as a bigot. Not too dissimilar to a player like Brendan Leipsic.
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I like what Ottawa is building. They now have a really good and balanced top line, a good mobile dcore and some solid skill and depth upfront. They just need a goalie.
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Yup ... they would be a playoff team right now if they had a goalie.
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The 'no head shots' rules are barely enforced at all (and even then, barely punished), so it's not surprising.
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Yea Ottawa has looked great tonight outshooting the Leafs 46-27 the score doesn’t reflect the play. Stuezle is scoring at a 97 point pace this season and he has become a very dynamic dominant player. They are playing fast and physical and you are right that D core is loaded with young talent.
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