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Being a goon is a lost art. In fact, fighting in hockey is a lost art. The number of fights in hockey has plummeted over the years and we don’t often see this spectacle anymore. Hockey is still full of assholes that like to talk trash and fight everyone though. You still see players try to instigate fights by either roughing up another player or simply asking them if they want to drop the gloves. It still doesn’t happen often. That’s why I think, in an effort to increase the number of penalties, every time a player tries to instigate a fight either by simply asking or by roughing up another player for seemingly no reason and it doesn’t result in an actual fight, there should be a two minute penalty for failing. This could effectively end fighting except for the most extreme circumstances and potentially even reduce the amount of pointless roughing.

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