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Tell me she was at least good looking.Sucker Punch said:Madferret said:Saint Nik said:Britishbulldog said:I feel that vigilante justice is sometimes needed for (a minority) of certain mindsets (I guess who Burke calls "rats").
Like it or not the league remembers what Bertuzzi did to Steve Moore. Because the people who run the league are pretty reasonable, they know that's precisely what can happen if you let the meatheads decide what is and isn't acceptable conduct and what the appropriate consequence is for it. This isn't a minor issue. If the League fosters an environment where that sort of thing is not only allowable but encouraged they could really be liable for another similar incident.
Not everyone is going to see the same plays the same way. I'm sure there were some guys on Ottawa's bench who took exception with Chad Kilger's hit on Alfredsson. Should they have been allowed to go charging after Kilger? If not, how in the world do you ensure that vigilante justice is only applied correctly and how would you ever get people to agree to a standard?t There's no way to have a consistent rule in place that allows Colton Orr to beat up Sean Avery but doesn't also allow Sean Avery to beat up Phil Kessel.
That's why vigilantism is a bad thing. You're not going to leave those kinds of decisions, that can have real consequences, up to the punching bags of the league.
Kilger? Wasn't it Mark Bell?
Kilger's the dude that sticked Schubert in the junk.