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Originally Posted by icehog3
Lately, Mike? It's been going on for the 40+ years I have been an NHL fan.  |
That's true, especially if it is a skilled player/scorer. Just seems to be happening more now than it used to. I mean the Kronwall/Selanne hit was hard but IMO legal and 5 seconds later guys are throwing elbows at Franzen in retaliation. If a hit is dirty I expect dirty retaliation or fights. But, if a hit is clean I kinda expect clean retaliation or escalation of hitting. Know what I mean?
I get if it's borderline like the example I used but often regular clean (unquestionable) hits are met with dirty cheapshot retaliation.