Option 2

I personally believe the refs have gone soft nowadays. They need to put away the whistle and let the players settle it on the ice. You touch my goalie? Damn right im going into the box for two minutes but I should have my opportunity to be an enforcer before the refs step in and break things up. It is up to the refs to determine the overall flow of the game and allowing for higher aggression comes along with that as holding back for one more second allows chirps and jabs to be thrown. It is a part of the sport for a reason and I am of the opinion that we should embrace it within reasonable boundaries of course, we dont want severe and permanent injuries but man the roughing calls this year have been horrendous. Free my boys and let us check people into the boards as much as we want - the goons