Eric wrote:
> I also blame some of the stick  that stupid face mask rule) I believe that
> in the NHL you do not see that kind of play go unnoticed with out having
> to drop the mits, this also make you accountable for your stupid action. I
> believe fighting would clean up the game and you would see an entertaining
> fight without having the players get suppended for more than the rest of
> the game much like the USHL or OHL, WHL....
>
Sorry - I just can't buy this argument.  If a player is hit with a stick to
the face, he's going to be on the ice bleeding, not dropping his mitts.  The
same argument has been made with ragard to cars -  that safer cars (airbags,
etc) has made us a nation of driving risk takers because the consequences of
our actions are not so drastic.  Its not an illogical position, but I think
going back to unsafer cars in hopes that people will drive more carefully
would be stupid.  Face masks save faces (and eyes and teeth...) - not having
them is worse than any extra stick work that might come along because we do
have them.  But you'll have to provide me with some evidence before I buy
the argument that they cause the stick work to begin with.
 
Just an alternative opinion.
 
Tom Rowe                                                  [log in to unmask]
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