Most of us like a good fight, especially in hockey, even though declaring that in print guarantees the scorn of the peace-lovin', and usually hockey-hatin', pacifists in the crowd. Even the folks in the NHL front office aren't all that crazy that a few of us cavemen still roam the rinks, but they somehow find it permissible that those same ... (Full article: 2507 words)

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