Slegr Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 A combination of a new coach opposed to staged fights and a greater NHL intolerance towards dropping the gloves has led the Canucks to their cleanest first six games of hockey in their 44-year history. One fight in a half dozen games, led by unsuspecting defenseman Dan Hamhuis, turned out to be a spirited fisticuffs with Oiler Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. It took the Canucks five games to earn their 5-minute major, with the usual suspects, such as Bieksa and Kassian, playing nice so far. Meanwhile, Sestito, despite showing a soft set of hands at moments last season, hasnt found his way into the lineup yet this season. As fans, do you miss the more frequent fights? There have been a few times where I would have liked to see greater physical responses from the Canucks. But for the most part, Ive enjoyed the steady, clean tempo that theyre bringing over the 60 minutes. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'm happy about it. Used to like fighting, fighting is alright to watch, but these days goons are dropping like flies. If today's goons can't handle it anymore and the league doesn't want it anymore, then good-bye. There are alternatives to watching NHL hockey that brings about fighting and blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thought there could have been a fight last night between Bieksa and St. Loser guy who was facewashing Daniel. KB looked mighty angry out there. Loved his reaction and very glad that it didn't result in a powerplay for the other guys. Daniel seems to be offering some pushback this year too, with is awesome to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 We could have used a fight or two in the Dallas game I thought. They pushed us around a bit. Reaves was an ahole all night in the STL. I think it will pick up as they get more comfortable with WD. His WHL teams fought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I"m not against fighting, but when you have too many fights for little reason, it gets boring, especially if it's not a good fight (which seems all too common the last few years). Wouldn't have objected to Backes getting his face pounded in last night, but the response from the Canucks was respectable. It was nice to see the Dallas game remain clean when it was becoming a blowout. Not saying I'm against how the guys reacted on that horrible California trip last year with those bullcrap 5 minute 5-3's. But it is so much nicer to see them try harder and fight back on the scoreboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo.Horvat53 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I like how they're focusing more on hockey and less on fighting. I know sometimes it sparks your team and what not, but I think if we just focus on playing our game, we have a much better shot at winning most nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'm a fan of fighting but it's changed a lot over the past number of years. Before fighting used to hold leaning behind it and brawls/scraps were entertaining because of them. Now it seems players fight for no real reason and no wonder why the fighter is a dying breed. The game has dynamically changed and doesn't need the presence of an enforcer nearly like it once did. Now it's more being tough and skilled rather than just a one dimensional scrapper. Teams still have a few enforcers like the Canucks (Sestito is an enforcer, Dorsett is one but he brings more to the table than just that) but I don't mind the Nucks. Fewer fights yes but a lot better overall play, the best in a long long time and they are still adjusting and getting used to Willie's system. I'll take that over fights for the heck of it any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Havent missed any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyhee Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 As fans, do you miss the more frequent fights? No. Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Hockey should ban fighting. It's pointless in this era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNeil Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 These days you rarely see any good fights like decades ago.4th line goon vs 4th line goon, almost always a defensive draw.Only good fights are when its guys that don't fight.That's the way it should be. Like Crosby fighting....or Semin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I like it. At the end of the day there are no points for fighting and it accomplishes nothing unless "you're" a wussy girl and you let your emotions get involved. On top of that you don't have to fight so according to the rules it really shouldn't be an effective tool at all, and teams are realizing that. Of course if you're the only team that doesn't fight in a fighting league that can be taken advantage of but teams and players are getting smarter and tired of wasting their time and effort on a cheap tactic. You also factor in that hockey fights are basically a wrestling match on skates and a poor exhibition. I'm all for a fight when the emotion moves you but the past 10 years of employing a boxer on your team has been boring to say the least. Well I shouldn't say boring at all really Gino Odjick was one of my favorite players and his poster hung on my walls for years. However, the NHL as a hole was dumb back then. No way coaches let their players run around like that nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Teams embrace analytics, goons are dropped from rosters, head shots and suspensions decline. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 We could have used a fight or two in the Dallas game I thought. They pushed us around a bit. Reaves was an ahole all night in the STL. I think it will pick up as they get more comfortable with WD. His WHL teams fought. Everyones WHL team fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Sad sad times. Don't worry non fighting fans, there will be plenty of cheap shots, stick work and super star injuries to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 If the opposing teams try to play dirty against us, we still have plenty of capable fighters who can drop the gloves. When the time comes when a Canuck has to fight, the team will be ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Can't see when fights would have helped us at any point in these games anyway. We've outplayed all our opponents except for the Dallas game and before the first period had ended the game was practically lost already. There was no needed boost from trying to clean someone's clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilac Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I was watching the Flyers vs Penguins game the other day, and was wondering - where are the fights, and all of the sudden, 2 seconds later, just before the end of first period, a fight breaks out and I am like - yeah! I went to a Kings vs Canucks game back in 2013, and was disappointed that I had to sit in row 18 instead of row 5, and saw a great fight between Tom Sestito and Jordan Nolan right in front of the section I was sitting in, and was thinking - god wanted me to sit in this section.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsedin33 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 There is a place for fights, like when boston was beating us 8-1 in the scf and trolling all over us non stop. It was literally the perfect time to fight. Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I don't mind the lack of fights as long as we are competing hard, and we have been. Fighting is only nice if we are getting blown out, well for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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