GDT: Pittsburgh Penguins v Nashville Predators | 15/11/13 @ 7:00pm EST

[Frederick Stanley]

That wasn't one of those staged fights, it was the result of a good hit. I'm fine with those kind of fights.

 

[IcedCapp]

If you love fights type 1.

For science.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I'm not a huge fan of taking fighting out of the game.

If someone does something dirty in a game, the dirty hit and nasty stickwork retaliation will ramp up in place of the fisticuffs.

I'd rather a player get injured from willingly dropping the gloves, instead of said player running around playing dirty and injuring no one in particular. Just anyone who has a different jersey on.

For me, it's pretty simple. If you don't want to fight and possibly get hurt, then don't drop the gloves. Theres rules to protect you.

 

[Darth Vitale]

What would be great is if the league did away with the stupid / pointless fights (penalized it more harshly) and for the stuff that actually is policing (i.e. player taken to task immediately after a dirty play), let 'em go. Those are usually the best fights anyway.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

I agree the game would be better without fighting but it requires the league to do a much more consistent and stringent job of reffing / nipping the dirty stuff in the bud and sending players off before stuff escalates. But all this nonsense about letting players police themselves... 80% of the time fights have nothing to do with policing anything. It's just two guys "trying to get their team fired up". That's a BS excuse for a fight in professional sports.

Pretty much, and this league is way too inconsistent to handle getting rid of fighting. We've also seen that the self-policing is stupidly biased which just makes it dangerous.

 

[Ogrezilla]

That wasn't one of those staged fights, it was the result of a good hit. I'm fine with those kind of fights.

I just don't see why every big clean hit needs to lead to a fight. Why not hit the guy back? I just imagine a guy with an upset ego challenging a guy to a fight just to save face.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I just honestly believe that fighting is a relic that is not part of where the game has grown to.

Seeing something like that is not worth whatever good remains relevant from it.

If that makes me dickless so be it.

Nah, I kind of agree.

I was the guy twenty years ago making fight tapes and passing them around with my friends and cheering every time there was a scrap on the ice.

Now, although I believe that a spontaneous fight is bound to happen now and then due to the speed and intensity of the game, I would not be upset if I never saw another fight again.

 

[brewski420]

You can be knocked out without getting concussed.

I have knocked myself out a few times without getting a concussion. Of course I was drinking at the time.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Fighting is glorious.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Our understanding of brain injuries has grown a lot recently. It used to be awesome to see a guy get knocked the **** out, now you imagine him in 15 years having serious difficulties living a day to day life or worse, having it end tragically. Not cool.

 

[Ogrezilla]

 

[End of Line]

What do you think a concussion is?

I've had one. Took me 14 months to get over it, worst thing I've ever dealt with in my life. Don't ask me if I know what a concussion is.

This is what happened to Nystrom. It's from a MMA fight. Same exact spots.

 

[Rocket of Russia]

Way to work him on the boards, maatta

 

[bingobangobongo]

It's ironic that the league is so adamant that players keep their helmets on before fights that Nystrom got hurt because he lost spacial awareness of Glass in part because his helmet was hanging on. He would have been better off helmetless.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

Is there a reason Engo is in the lineup and Bort/Depres/Dumo are not?

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

I've had one. Took me 14 months to get over it, worst thing I've ever dealt with in my life. Don't ask me if I know what a concussion is.

This is what happened to Nystrom. It's from a MMA fight. Same exact spots.
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Sorry, didn't mean to be insensitive.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I've had one. Took me 14 months to get over it, worst thing I've ever dealt with in my life. Don't ask me if I know what a concussion is.

This is what happened to Nystrom. It's from a MMA fight. Same exact spots.

I had strep throat once. I wouldn't trust me to diagnose it.

if someone gets knocked out and gets dizzy from being punched in the head, there is a decent chance they have a concussion. Maybe not every time, but often enough that there's no way you can say with any sort of certainty that Nystrom didn't just get concussed.

 

[PredsFanFromla]

The Preds are boading their plane and not gonna play the third period,Game is over,pens win 4-1

 

[Sivek]

Shut up shut up shut up

Letang is not a Norris candidate

 

[MeticulouslyDishevel]

That looked nothing like a canadian mounted police.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Is there a reason Engo is in the lineup and Bort/Depres/Dumo are not?

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Is there a reason Engo is in the lineup and Bort/Depres/Dumo are not?

He's old.

 

[Terrapin]

Our understanding of brain injuries has grown a lot recently. It used to be awesome to see a guy get knocked the **** out, now you imagine him in 15 years having serious difficulties living a day to day life or worse, having it end tragically. Not cool.

Maybe guys worried about their long term health shouldn't fight? Maybe they shouldn't play the game at all. I'm sure there are a lot more concussions due to cheap hits, elbows, etc than from fighting. Like Dalton said, 'there's always barber college'.

 

[Sh00terMcGavin]

The Preds are boading their plane and not gonna play the third period,Game is over,pens win 4-1

You mind if we keep that Shea Weber guy

 

[Sivek]

can't see that gif and not think he just did a line of coke