Comments on: Fighting the good fight

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By: Ali Toumadj

Ali Toumadj — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:38:37 +0000

OK I am one of the biggest supporters of fighting and I have yet to comment here: First off fighting will never be banned from hockey. It serves a useful purpose in the game, and it has always been a big part of the game especially back in the old days. What we need more of is not less fighting, but more fighting. We need more of what we had in the old days. A lot of that hatred and intimidation and rough stuff isn’t there the way it used to be, and trust me, I don’t want any hooking and high sticks and head shots, but not only have we lost that, but we have lost a lot of the toughness element. Anyway, guys like Orr serve a purpose and always will. Orr brings a lot to this team which is part of why he has not been a healthy scratch ever this year. There is a reason why many successful teams have one enforcer if not more. Look at the best team in hockey this year…And about fighting in general: fighting makes hockey safer, when someone hits a skill guy or throws a dirty check he is going to get pounded. Also, let’s be honest, everyone stands for a fight and it is at times the loudest point during a game. Finally, not only would the NHL lose fans from banning fighting, it will gain none. What the NHL should do is eliminate the instigator penalty and disallow players from fighting with shields.

By: BringBackSam

BringBackSam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:49:41 +0000

For the first time in my life I agree with Muckler. It really is to bad. Orr gets valuable minutes first of all. Try paying attention to the team you cover. Second, the crowd doesn’t seem to mind Orr. Third, this used to be a good place to come and read info on the Rangers. It is a shame, isn’t it Muckler? Best answer to a question I ever heard from him.

By: Dubiiiii

Dubiiiii — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:57:50 +0000

Orr broke Goddard’s nose a few years back when he was on the Isles. I even made a sig out of that punch. I think they really just hate each other. Thus, they fight. Profound, I know.

By: Rick Carpiniello

Rick Carpiniello — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:37:01 +0000

Please don’t ever shut up. That’s what blogs are for—especially this blog.

By: mhurley

mhurley — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:15:33 +0000

Dear Rick,

As a woman fan, I have to say that I enjoy a good fight as much as the guys, maybe more. While it may have seemed silly for Orr and Godard to go right off the face off, there was bad blood and precedent.

Fat chance you’d ever get a sissy Mary like Cindy Crosby to man up and fight Marquis of Queensbury rules. He and Malkin would rather slap opponents.

If fighting is to stay in the league, there should be a code. Drop the gloves, the helmuts with and without visors and put up your dukes! Perfect example was when Shanny the Ranger took on Brashear. It was like “The Quiet Man”. That said, I prefer to see extemporaneous, passion filled fights rather then prearranged grudges.

Without players like Colton Orr and Ryan Callahan, the Rangers are a Charmin soft team. If every player on the Rangers manned up and had taken the body and hit Cindy and his Marys every time they touched the puck, the Rangers might not have lost on Wednesday.

I’ll shut up now.:)

By: Rick Carpiniello

Rick Carpiniello — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:49:01 +0000

Jack, thank you for so eloquently saying what I’ve been trying to say all day.

Joey, what you are saying, I think, is that fights help keep the sticks and cheap shots down. I agree with that. I just don’t think they need goon vs. goon for no reason at all. I know, I’ve said that over and over, and I promise I won’t say it again. See Jack Dempsey’s remark above.

By: Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:45:31 +0000

what I do agree on, is that fights should happen spontaneously from play, not from pre-arranged talking before a faceoff.

that could be stopped by the ref simply giving 10 min misconduct penalties to guys who are obviously using the pre-faceoff waiting to arrange a bout.

I like fighting, but I want it to come from something that happens during play, not from chirping during stoppages.

By: Fotiu

Fotiu — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Dont get me wrong, I love the fights. However, I think the league needs to clean itself up before something disastrous happens. The league would be that much more exciting if each team, instead of a goon, had a skill player.

By: JoeyBrash

JoeyBrash — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:37:27 +0000

I gotta disagree with you here bro when you take out the Colton Orr’s of the world(this is also a guy who can play the game and contribute to his team in a positive way when he is not fighting) it will make the game even more of a toned down game and teams will have no control over cheap shots and stick work..you can’t let the league and officials say to players ” bad bad go to the box now”..you need to take care of things on the ice amoung the players and thats something that I pray to God stays in the NHL as long as I live. Godard and Orr had a history, Godard did his job for his team the way it should be done and nobody respected that more than all of the players on the ice as well as the NHL fans. Thats the way it should always be