Adventures in missing the point...

George Laraque has stumbled upon the reason the NHL is proposing rule changes regarding fighting. The NHL is adding stiffer penalties to "staged" fights (an additional 10-minute misconduct) and fights after a hit in defense of a teammate (more strictly enforcing the instigator penalty). Laraque hates these proposed changes because they will eliminate the "one-dimensional player"--a player who is present mainly to fight, although they may also be a stong skater and "energy" player. Hello? McFly? What did you think the NHL was trying to do, George? "Oh. George is right. Guys who are really only minor league talent should have just as much a right to play at the highest level of the sport in the world as the most talented players. How did we miss that?"