Fighting has to go

[Arthur Morgan]

With most of the sports-people worrying about the increasing amount of head injuries in the game it's quite baffling that bare-knuckle fighting on ice in a ball game is still supported by the conservative hockey fan base. It's just stupid macho shit and it does not have a place in modern hockey. Taking them out of the game reduces head-injuries without changing the game in any meaningful way. Just watched the Oilers-game and what a pointless and dangerous looking injury Kassian suffered as a result of that fight.



And you can do it step-by-step. In Finland for a long time there's an automatic 1 game suspension if you fight and that only makes fight very rare. Make it 3 games and fighting virtually stops.

And yeah yeah, world's gone soft and all that but this is hockey with enough toughness and injuries even as it is. I used to think that fights were okay (never was a fan of that aspect of the game TBH) but with all the evidence about the brain damages and even lost lives of NHL-fighters I've come to think otherwise. Would it really be that bad if fighting was banned?

Pretty clear your not really a hockey fan calling it a ball game.

Fighting is part of the game....

Fighting isn't even the real issue anyways. it's when a player falls down and hits his head on the ice.

So whats the difference between it happening after a major hit or the odd time a guy falls and hits his head after a fight?

Might as well just cancel the entire sport at this point so we can't hurt players feelings moving forward

Players are lucky they kinda moved away from fighting already. allows the rats to consistently abuse players and rarely see any repercussions.

Basically a reason Crosby had so many injuries.

I say bring fighting back full force to protect our stars....

The stars we pay to watch....

Not freaking Zack Kassian

I'm sorry I dont mean to sound like a bad person but I dont give 2 shits about what has happened to Kassian.

He's just an average player and will hardly be missed when he retires.

 

[Esko6]

Fighting isn't even the real issue anyways. it's when a player falls down and hits his head on the ice.

Which is because of a weird moral code of taking your helmet off or your opponent taking it off during a fight, players are getting into situations where they are prone to getting seriously hurt and actually remove protection because of the rules of a mini-game inside the sport. It is such a dumb thing that the NHL has to try to steer the players towards a safer way to do this. I actually think there should be an automatic suspension if you get into a fight and remove someones helmet.

 

[JoVel]

Kassian isnt in the league if fighting was banned.

And that's a bad thing?

 

[didimentionlarseller]

I enjoy the fighting it has to stay

why is there so much concern trolling on this forum

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Which is because of a weird moral code of taking your helmet off during a fight, players are getting into situations where they are prone to getting seriously hurt and actually remove protection because of the rules of a mini-game inside the sport.

injuries have been happening where a player hits his head after falling in a fight long before they were forced to take their helmets off.

Fighting is hardly the issue.

Truth is hockey is a dangerous sport. played at extremely high speeds by men who are very very strong. and unfortunate things happen.

has ended careers. and taking fighting out of the sport isn't going to fix that.

I guess no hitting will do the trick but at that point whats the point in even watching anymore?

These players get paid the big bucks. let them put their bodies on the line.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I enjoy the fighting it has to stay

There more to it than us just enjoying it.
it protects the players everyone pays to watch.
Everyone should watch Ice Guardians on Netflix.
it goes pretty in depth in everything

 

[LiveeviL]

With most of the sports-people worrying about the increasing amount of head injuries in the game it's quite baffling that bare-knuckle fighting on ice in a ball game is still supported by the conservative hockey fan base. It's just stupid macho shit and it does not have a place in modern hockey. Taking them out of the game reduces head-injuries without changing the game in any meaningful way. Just watched the Oilers-game and what a pointless and dangerous looking injury Kassian suffered as a result of that fight.



And you can do it step-by-step. In Finland for a long time there's an automatic 1 game suspension if you fight and that only makes fight very rare. Make it 3 games and fighting virtually stops.

And yeah yeah, world's gone soft and all that but this is hockey with enough toughness and injuries even as it is. I used to think that fights were okay (never was a fan of that aspect of the game TBH) but with all the evidence about the brain damages and even lost lives of NHL-fighters I've come to think otherwise. Would it really be that bad if fighting was banned?

A case of to hard ice, I see. Perhaps some kind of rubber padding on it should do the trick.

 

[Random Comment]

Fighting is dumb. Should be removed from the game. It’s barbaric and tbh kind of embarrassing to watch. Grow up.

 

[Bizz]

Fighting is dumb. Should be removed from the game. It’s barbaric and tbh kind of embarrassing to watch. Grow up.

No. Go watch something else that suits your interests.

 

[sinDer]

I used to get « excited » when fight happens. But now I just find it stupid.

well, nearly 100% of game attendees don’t understand you. The whole arena in 32 different locations stands up for fights and drops their jaws to big hits. It’s part of the game, which is why the players all do the same.

Neanderthals, lol.

Fans do stand up when there’s fight. But on the other hand, most of them wouldn’t really care if there was no fights anymore.

Fights in hockey will go. When? I don’t know. 5, 10 or even 50 years? It’s just a matter of time.

So just make it go ASAP before a player die on the ice after a fight.

 

[Pitter Patter]

The league is not responsible for protecting idiots like Zach Kassian from himself.

 

[Esko6]

No. Go watch something else that suits your interests.

Fighting is about 0.5% of the game of hockey, you are watching the wrong sport if you want to see fights. Hockey fights are just awkward, UFC has much better fight content.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Look it's never going to happen fighting has been part of the game, literally since day 1, ever sense the NHL started and it's going anywhere because fans like it, and players seem to like it.

and before you say "I'm a fan I don't like it." you are you, you are 1 person you are not the majority.

Like me ask you do you like MMA or Boxing?? because if you do You're a hypocrite you can't be OK with fighting in sport and not OK with it in another.

 

[urho]

Pretty clear your not really a hockey fan calling it a ball game.

Of course not. I only watch ~200 games a year.

 

[EazyE1]

Let the players decide if they want to fight or not

 

[Esko6]

The league is not responsible for protecting idiots like Zach Kassian from himself.

I would argue that they are responsible. They have duty to require things like helmet and visors, a sports league cannot just wash it's hands off of responsibility.

 

[Artanis]

Might as well get rid of hitting then too? Yeah no thanks.

 

[urho]

Like me ask you do you like MMA or Boxing?? because if you do You're a hypocrite you can't be OK with fighting in sport and not OK with it in another.

I do like boxing. It's a sport designed over the fighting aspect. It's not bare-knuckle-fighting even there much less a trivial part of the sport like it is with ice hockey where fighting isn't in the center of things anyway. Hockey is much closer to games like soccer, floorball, basketball etc., there's absolutely no need for fighting.

 

[varano]

How many times has this actually happened before?

Probably about the same amount that players have been injured by skates. Should we ban skates?

 

[mitchmagic]

If these dumb fights weren't part of the game then situations like this wouldn't happen.

I don't mind a bout in the heat of the moment, during a scrum. But faceoff staged fights are so stupid and I sigh every time I see one. Boring and dumb meathead grandstanding.

 

[GM Armchair]

Fighting will always have a place in hockey. It has drastically dropped over the years but it still has its place.

 

[Laus723]

I used to get « excited » when fight happens. But now I just find it stupid.


Fans do stand up when there’s fight. But on the other hand, most of them wouldn’t really care if there was no fights anymore.

Fights in hockey will go. When? I don’t know. 5, 10 or even 50 years? It’s just a matter of time.

So just make it go ASAP before a player die on the ice after a fight.

no they won’t. There will still be fights, same as literally every sport. Game has been around for over a hundred years, but there may some day maybe be a death.

 

[Owenay]

Saw Ryan Reaves blow out his knee on an innocuous play that happens a dozen times a game. They should probably ban all contact whatsoever. Same logic.

 

[RedLeader]

Only thing that bother me is fighting after good clean hard hits or that rediculous Foligno-Perry after the accident, that's garbage.

 

[Eyeseeing]

Those who don’t like fighting, get up and grab a snack while it’s in process, but I bet you watch every single blow anyways.
Then you post anti fighting drivel.
You know you like it.