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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 3866154, member: 2350"]
I understand both of these, and I understand what Foligno said, whether I support it or not. I also understand it's going to be a long series, and it would not be good if this was allowed to fester for several games, nobody knowing what was going to happen or when. This way it's dealt with right on the spot, right where it happened, and we can all get on with the hockey.

The bigger problem is the NHL doesn't want to police the things that lead up to fights. There's always been an inverted snobbery in the league about how "it's a real man's game and real men don't need rule books to regulate behavior." At the time of the six team expansion about 20% of the players had a HS education, and that's the pool from which most coaches, scouts, executives, etc came from. The league was run for a [I]long[/I] time by dinosaurs. I've never been a supporter of fighting, but it's been in the game for a long time and there's also a lot less than there used to be.

And then there's the point that Perry has been an instigating AH for well over a decade. Everyone I know simply hates him. He could be on the receiving end of another dozen like Foligno put on him, and he'd deserve everything he got.
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