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If there was a ban on fighting then cheap shots would be on the rise and star players would be injured more often. Fighting keeps those cheap shots to a minimum, like it or not fighting is an essential part of the game and is likely here to stay.

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Can't get rid of fighting unless refs actually called the games by the rulebook and the department of player safety would actually need to lookout for the safety of players which seem like massive paradigm shift from the status quo. Much easier to just let them fight

So basically the trades are just players that like to mix it up, and aren’t serious offers.

I’d watch hockey without fights. They don’t have fighting in football, basketball, or soccer, but there’s still cheap shots there, as in hockey. It’s up to the referees to hand out penalties for the cheap shots. Give out a few majors and suspensions, and the cheap shots will become less, but they’ll never go away.

I would watch hockey without fighting, but I might not watch hockey without hitting. I’m not a fan of the open ice hit when a guy has his head down, that’s predatory. Boarding is also reckless, but the every day, run of the mill hitting, it’s a part of the game.

I’d also like to see more scrum penalties, it gets old fast. Let’s get back to the game and quit face rubbing. Imagine basketball players all rubbing their hands in each other’s faces each time there’s a contested rebound. They swing the elbows there.