The fighting debate has emerged once again, with it unfortunately coming on the heels of a scary sight in Montreal Tuesday night involving the oft-battling George Parros.
As Parros was stretchered off the ice, Twitter erupted with the ever-growing factions in the debate voicing their support or disdain for the institution of fighting in the NHL game. It wasn't an injury you'd expect with a fight, but it stirred the pot nonetheless.
Given the increasing sensitivity to head injuries in all sports, the conversation is a necessary one, but that doesn't make it an easy one.
As much as many want the debate to be either that it's antiquated and no longer necessary in the game or that it is a hallmark of the game and can't be removed, it's nothing close to that.
Hockey is a game that loves to say that it polices itself. In that sense it's so much different than any other sport. Sure baseball has batters getting plunked and the NFL has its ways, but there is no other sport where in-game retribution is so ingrained.
The amount of times a player from their mite years on hears the words "get his number" from their coaches ...
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