Yep. And I think there’s a difference between the incidental danger to your ACL or brain from regular play, and the stuff that could be outlawed. I don’t know that anyone, even Rempe, is getting punched in the head as much as enforcers used to, but there’s really no reason for it to happen at all, if the league were willing to step up and throw massive fines and suspensions at dangerous high sticks, boarding, and the other legitimately dangerous plays that are generally held to be deterred or punished by fighting. Or at least that’s my optimistic view. I’ll hold the pessimism for another day.
And, may he rest in peace. Loved watching him play—he was a really legit hockey player between the whistles. Sort of a proto-Tom Wilson, in that sense.
Yep. And I think there’s a difference between the incidental danger to your ACL or brain from regular play, and the stuff that could be outlawed. I don’t know that anyone, even Rempe, is getting punched in the head as much as enforcers used to, but there’s really no reason for it to happen at all, if the league were willing to step up and throw massive fines and suspensions at dangerous high sticks, boarding, and the other legitimately dangerous plays that are generally held to be deterred or punished by fighting. Or at least that’s my optimistic view. I’ll hold the pessimism for another day.
And, may he rest in peace. Loved watching him play—he was a really legit hockey player between the whistles. Sort of a proto-Tom Wilson, in that sense.
And the idiots blindly cheering on Matt Rempe will rationalize or ignore. RIP.