Bob Probert ruin fighting?

[PistolPete]

I get the sense that his easygoing nature made fighting nothing personal but just a job and that led to the "unwritten code" around fighting where it was never anything personal so a player didn't attempt to do maximum damage to his opponent.

The fights after he was in the league for a while strike me as different from before. Players fell to the ice, the opponent kept punching, his well being be damned.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

I get the sense that his easygoing nature made fighting nothing personal but just a job and that led to the "unwritten code" around fighting where it was never anything personal so a player didn't attempt to do maximum damage to his opponent.

The fights after he was in the league for a while strike me as different from before. Players fell to the ice, the opponent kept punching, his well being be damned.

And that ruined it for you?

 

[BB79]

Nah. Gary Bettman ruined it

 

[PistolPete]

And that ruined it for you?

Hell yeah.

The fighting today amounts to AEW. The punches hurt but gotta make sure you don't injure the guy in the name of the code or sportsmanship or some ridiculous mindset.

Fighting from the 80s ans earlier was a lot more entertaining

 

[PistolPete]

Nah. Gary Bettman ruined it

Did he come up with "The Code" nonsense?

 

[Acallabeth]

It's very regrettable to read opinions that say that the idea of sportmanship is ridiculous and criticize that 'a player didn't attempt to do maximum damage to his opponent' in 2025, when the entire world is acutely aware of long-term damage of hockey-related head trauma and works towards decreasing it impact.

 

[mr figgles]

The GMs that brought on goons with no other skills than fighting ruined fighting.