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Originally Posted by itsJ.Millertime
Nobody here is saying this is earth shattering news like global warming, price gouging by oil companies or the Iraq war but to fans of hockey fights yes this is indeed terrible news and in effect if junior leagues did ban fighting it would be the "end of the world" in a hockey fighting sense because it would lead to a huge drop in fights in all leagues.
I really try to understand you Ciccarelli, you have hockey knowledge thats for sure, you seem to like fights and rough play but you try to start so many arguments on this site for what reason? If stating internet wars is your idea of a good time then its you sir that needs to get a life.
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That's mainly what I meant, there are lot of more serious problems around then some new rules against fighting in the QMJHL.
Besides that I don't think it will change much from the situation we have already now, also if later or sooner they are handing out game misconducts for fighters it won't change much IMO. Most enforcers (I don't know how it is in the QMJHL) are playing between 20 sec. and 5 mins a game and a lot of times after a fight they are mostly sitting on the bench anyway. So sitting on the bench for nothing or getting ejected from the game doesn't change much IMO. If they would have implemented this rules 20 years ago, yeah they would have made a difference and changed a lot but right now we already have a situation where this rules are not meaningfull and won't change anything IMO. We'll see less line brawls, we had no line brawl in the NHL last season (I'm not sure), I don't know how many line brawls we had in the QMJHL, and they are practically eliminating the goalie fight...I can't remember the last goalie fight in the NHL and I doubt there have been many in the junior leagues either.
I'm never starting internet wars, I'm posting on an internet forum to discuss, that's what forums are here for. The easiest way to start a discussion is to post a provocative statement.