thing is if he's on our team he's our POS and screw everyone else
hockey's a violent and sometimes 'dirty' sport, like it or not.
people that scream about the Tom Wilsons and say how they don't want them because they are 'dirty' look at Marchand and say they don't 'like' the dirty play, but they aren't beating the drums to trade him because of it.
He's 'our' POS, but he scores.
in a perfect world there would be no cheap shots, no intent to injure other people, just hard clean body checks and good play.
'With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom though, do we?'
they have done everything they can to take fighting out except an all out ban.
they keep passing rules to take head shots out, yet people keep getting concussed on 'clean' head shots.
and they keep expanding and watering down the league and talent level.
there's a balance somewhere in all of this that most rational people look for, but unfortunately not all people on the ice are rational (or are fans)