Street Hawk
Registered User
To be fair, Iginla challenged Benn because of a clean hit he threw. Also, I remember on more than one occasion where Iginla has fought with his helmet WITH a visor on. It doesn't bother me that much though.
It depends on whether they get a chance to square up.
Was Iggy fighting a visor player? If he does, he keeps the helmet on. When he fights a non-visor player, he removes his helmet and so should the other player.
Unless they both drop their gloves right away and start chucking them, then there isn't the opportunity to remove the lids and be even up to start the fight.
It's something called honour, something I'm not sure some posters here understand. You go into a fight even up if the combatants square up. Visor vs Visor, helmet vs helmet, no lid vs no lid.
If Iggy leaves his helmet on, does he get the black eye? What might have happened to Benn's hand? Players with honour keep the risks the same for both guys.