Quote:Written Task:  What are your thoughts on fighting in hockey? It's definitely a lot less common these days, do you think that's a good thing? Do you think it has a place in the game, or that it's overdue to disappear entirely? Maybe you wish it happened more often? In your opinion, what circumstances justify a hockey fight? Specific things? Any time you want for entertainment's sake? Tell me your thoughts! (150+ words)

I think fighting in hockey is long overdue to no longer be a part of the game. I understand that skirmishes will happen when there is a dirty hit, and I'm not talking about that. I'm more referring to the fights that come out of nowhere, the random line brawls because of something that happened weeks ago or about something that happened off the ice. Those pointless fights are nothing but an unwritten rule that leaves players concussed more often than they actually accomplish anything. It is certainly an entertainment factor for some spectators, but the physical harm it does, both short term and long term, far outweigh any positive entertainment value fights actually possess. Torts can fight me all he wants on this, but hockey needs to keep going in the direction it has been: getting younger and more skilled. There is far more entertainment value out of a Jack Hughes, Trevor Zegras, or Connor McDavid than there will ever be from a Ryan Reaves.