Comments on: Making sense of the playoffs, the suspension edition http://www.chuqui.com/2012/04/making-sense-of-the-playoffs-the-suspension-edition/ Stories Told Here Thu, 23 May 2013 23:01:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Making Sense of the Playoffs, the story so far edition @ Chuqui 3.0 http://www.chuqui.com/2012/04/making-sense-of-the-playoffs-the-suspension-edition/#comment-1486 Making Sense of the Playoffs, the story so far edition @ Chuqui 3.0 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:29:05 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=15403#comment-1486 [...] while I talked at some length about the suspensions and how we got into this mess yesterday, let me touch it one more time. The Sharks broadcasters talked about the Torres [...]

]]> By: Anonymous by request http://www.chuqui.com/2012/04/making-sense-of-the-playoffs-the-suspension-edition/#comment-1485 Anonymous by request Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=15403#comment-1485 While I know I’m in a minority on this, I would prefer a zero tolerance on “dropping gloves / serious fighting”. Automatic game mis-conduct with a minimum 3 game suspension (that could be waved on appeal). Moreover, impose fines of the owners for players ejected from the game for fighting to cut down on the value of keeping a thug on the roster.

I’ve heard all of the rationalizations about why fighting needs to be an element f the game – all of which sound thin on logic particularly when you point at other sports that, while intense, don’t try to justify fighting.

I’m realistic to know that such a move to seriously cut down on fighting would almost certainly ever happen. I’m also realistic to know that most hockey fans would at best flame me for expression such an opinion. I’ll reply ahead of time with two words: impulse control!

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