I do not want Mantha to fight at all. These games are meaningless and the team needs him.
When the games become of some significance then sure. But now no.
We have the players who should de that if needed.
The thing with Muzzin wasn't really a fight, though. It should have been a nothing scrum, some face washing, some mouthing off, and then everyone goes their separate ways. Then Muzzin did that weird hip toss. If we want Mantha to avoid something like that, we'd really have to ask him not to engage at all and that's just not his game.
Instead, I think it would be a bigger help if everyone engaged when they see one of their teammates go into that sort of situation. Maybe I'm alone, but I found it just as alarming that Larkin started to go in and Kapanen started cross checking him, and no one stepped up at all. I'm not saying to immediately fight the guy, but just to step up and let it be known that you don't get to just start crosschecking guys without some sort of response.
That will be one of the biggest changes to this club just to have Givani Smith up, Svech (hopefully), I think Rasmussen has the attitude to step in. These things don't have to escalate to massive line brawls but I can't help but think we need more of these guys willingly stepping up for each other.