Fighting Just To Fight

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com found this 10/2/2008 on www.kuklaskorner.com [flag]

from James Duthie of The Good, The Bad And The Duthie, I believe there is a place (allbeit a small one) for fighting in hockey. But the amount of fisticuffs in the pre-season is just plain silly. Toronto’s Ryan Hollweg was in three scraps last night against St. ... [link]

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Early Thursday afternoon odds and ends
Published 10/2/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... Lightning; Dany Heatley, Senators; Jarome Iginla, Flames; Joe Thornton, Sharks. Perhaps 90 to 100: Eric Staal, Hurricanes; Marc Savard, Bruins; Zetterberg; Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks; Derek Roy, Sabres; Rick Nash, Blue Jackets; Jason Spezza, Senators. ... Possible 60-point scorers: Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings; Dion Phaneuf, Flames; Brian Campbell, Blackhawks; Mike Green, Capitals; Andrei Markov, Canadiens. I blatantly stole this little James Duthie-of-TSN-penned nugget of wisdom from Kukla's Korner : ...

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