So I heard someone call a radio station yesterday and say that they can't watch a game where it's ok to fight for 5 minutes, and then just move on like nothing happened. I disagree. I actually wish it was like this in real life, let alone hockey. Don't you wish you could just smack your boss in the mouth if he/she gets out of line? I mean, not all of us have the boss that you want to piledrive into the desk, but at least half of us do. I feel that hockey needs to finally embrace this aspect of the game instead of trying to "clean up the game." Maybe they should have a spotlight that shines on the 2 or 3 guys fighting, and a bell should ring....just for effect. Maybe they should have friday night fights. Like every friday, you get the 2 toughest SOB's from each game that night, and have them square off at intermission, and broadcast it. Make it fun for everyone. I guarantee if they do this, Vs. network will play a hell of alot more games. They love them some fightin' on that network. Then, we can have WWF style shit talking between periods. We could bring "Mean" Gene Oakerlund back and make a show of it. Look if the NHL isn't going to get ratings anyway, you might as well appeal to the meatheads out there, and grab a share while you still can. The NHL is 2 more piss poor seasons away from not even making the sportscenter highlights anymore. It's bad enough they get like 2 and a half minutes at the very end of the show maybe 3 times a week. You know Barry Melrose gets stared at and snickered at when he hits the Sportscenter set. When Trent Dilfer can look at you and laugh at your irrelevance, it's hard to come back from.
Now I know what some of you are saying "What about the children? Don't you think this senseless violence sends the wrong messgage?" As a parent I will say this. Yes it is violence for violence sake, and yes it's probably not what the kids should see. As a parent, I know what my kids are watching, and if a brawl does break out, I explain to my child that that is an uppercut. That is a body blow. That is a cheap shot. Watch these fights with your kids and talk to them about it and teach them. Like how to properly pull your opponents jersey over your opponents head rendering him defensless, so you can really do some damage. Teach him never to take your helmet off, and if you need to, use your stick as a weapon. (Nobody messes with Marty McSorley anymore)
So let them fight, let them fight, let them fight!! If you don't think that fighting is maybe the best part of hockey, watch this vid and you be the judge. This is a Rangers/Islanders tradition. The full-on brawl. Even the goalies fight. And boy, Dan Cloutier was willing to take on the whole Islander bench. Wait for that scene, it's a classic. Enjoy.
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