| @kipi, I still don't agree with you. There are less fights now than 5 years ago. At that time most teams had 2 goons in their ranks and now some teams don't even have one. Many goons who could not skate had to retire after the lock out because they were not needed anymore. As I said, they are even talking about eliminating fights. Find a web site that gives statistics about the later years and you will find that there are far less penalties than there were before the lock out. We don't see players with 300 + penalty minutes anymore.
Some years ago, Ruslan Salei did something very similar to what Chris Simon just did. Back in the '70s when Canada played vs the USSR, Bobby Clarke deliberatly broke Karlamov's leg with a slash (and Karlamov was the USSR's best forward). Those things are not new, it is just that people and newspapers do not accept it has they used to. And that is a good thing.
@Obi-Wan-Evan, McSorley got a 23 games suspension, but deciced to retire instead.
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