And the reason the game is too fast, at least in my opinion, is that influential media types celebrated and pushed for "speed and skill" players above all others from the early 2000's up until now. The transition from the brawny and physical game of the late 90's and early 00's to the speed skating competition that has now existed for several years is complete. It wouldn't have been hard to find a happy medium (crackdown on clutching and grabbing to let three lines worth of skilled players do their thing, while also understanding that a couple spots on the fourth line should be reserved for muckers and fighters who generally end up on the ice against each other). I'd actually argue that from about 2009-2014 we kind of had that. But that still wasn't enough for the woke media, who after satisfactorily sanitizing the present game, have now moved on to attacking previous eras of the league for allowing enforcers and blaming fighting for the supposed concussion epidemic that has afflicted many retired players.