Re: Kassian v. M. Tkachuk
Originally Posted by
Auston'sWilly
The "obligated to fight" or "answer the bell" stuff is pure nonsense.
If someone like Neal, or Draisatl, or Nugent-Hopkins legally checks Lucic 3 times (sidenote: yes, Tkachuk's hits were legal - perhaps they shouldn't be, fair enough, but that's for another debate) and then Lucic grabs RNH from behind and dangerously throws multiple bare knuckle haymakers trying to put him in the hospital... would ANYBODY in the media say RNH should have faced Lucic and fought him?!
Of course not. Pure garbage.
Tkachuk fighting Kassian, a skating gorilla if I've ever seen one, hurts the Flames chances of winning.
And that's why he won't fight him. Period.
It's also not a fair fight. One is a seasoned fighter and the other is a skill player. Since when are top line skill players obligated to fight 3rd or 4th line airheads?
If the Oilers truly want reparations, one of their skill guys needs to legally line up Lucic or Rinaldo. Simple.
Of course, neither one is dumb enough to constantly skate with his head down and put himself in a vulnerable spot.
But, nonetheless, that's the proper remedy here. Not Tkachuk hurting his team by fighting mediocre players and sitting in the box unnecessarily.
So what you are saying is it's ok to poke the bear at the zoo, but it's his fault when he attacks you?
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