Make hockey violent again? Fighting, physicality and violence have always been a part of the sport. But does the NHL need to become tougher again? Or should skill be a priority, and are the tough old days of hockey over? With the recent comments about violence in hockey from Ryan Reaves, and the Morgan Rielly crosscheck suspension, today we’re talking all things hockey violence!
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Every country and culture has there tough guy sport. Scotland and Western Europe has Rugby. America has Gridiron football. Other countries have some kind of wrestling or striking sport. Canada has hockey.
TBH. If the NHL want to expand teams and interest in the sport globally like the MLB, NFL & NBA have done through the years. They'll have to cut out the 'controlled violence' element within the sport. If they did that, non hockey fans would see just how amazing this sport really is. Rather than a sport that condones thuggery.
The league could never get rid of fighting totally. I enjoy the odd fight especially if it is warranted. Your narrative touched on a lot of topics, agree with you on most. The problem
i get annoyed with about today's game, the rules of the game seem to not carry into the playoffs. Refs calling a few legitimate penalties to one team than call mickey mouse calls on
other team to even it out. What is the point of a ref? If a ref calls 10 penalties on one team and 2 to other team, superiors should back them. I am amazed the refs today see as much
as they do with the speed of game. If league backed this, teams that get penalized heavy would have to change their game. The game is geared for constant contact from start to
finish, frustration is going to show and fights are gonna happen. Reaves is for it ,his job depends on it. The league needs to make up their minds on what old time hockey codes they
respect, Rielly's reaction was a code reflex.( why did he not drop gloves instead of stick to face?) If rule enforcement stays true the leafs are cup contenders.
Humour me, You and your best friend go into an empty room 24 feet by 16 feet, on the 4 foot mark from walls ( 24 ft) at each end put a 16 foot length of masking tape from wall to wall.
you each are before the 4 ft mark at one end, throw a puck past the other 4 ft mark and the two of you compete to retrieve it and have possession crossing the line you started at.
Do what you need to to win, winner gets to marry the person of their dreams (of course silly) This is your best friend, now throw millions of dollars in the equation and compete
with someone you don't know. ……………keep calm now.
When I was younger, enforcers were my favorite players. I was way more into going to a certain website destined for hockey fight videos (this was just prior to YouTube blowing up) than any cool goals. Now, hearing a lot of the names I looked up to are depressed or have passed from taking their own life, it can't be as frequent. Do not eliminate fighting but the days of enforcers are done. They had their purpose which was gain momentum for the team and/or defend the stars. Now, you need more in the toolbox. Arber Xhejak is a good example of a current enforcer. He can play and fight. They're exciting but look at Belak or Derek the Boogeyman Boogard.
I think we are in a good spot now actually. Fighting happens but it isn't absurd. Was it fun when it was absurd? Yeah, but we were dumber about the impact so..yeah.
Depends
Necessary yeah
Sometimes
great job victoria, hopefully you make you way back to toronto soon