My take on fighting in today's era is that as long as it is a heat of the moment fight then its all good, but this sending out a goon or 4th line guy and the other team doing the same and them fighting is just stupid. Goalies fighting is retarded.....im not disputing that its entertaining but if i want to be entertained by fighting i will go watch UFC. In baseball when the benches clear everytime there is a fight i laugh at how un professional and stupid/childish it is so im sure big baseball fans look at hockey in the same light when it happens. Back in the 70's etc when the ref's seem to do absolutely nothing u needed a goon to protect your best players they game is so much different now, the league reviews everything and refs call everything (for the most part) so having a guy that does nothing but fight is stupid. fights i like - 1 players has been all over the other player all night they battle hard finally hits a breaking point they drop the gloves (awesome) fights i hate - puck drops at a face off 2 players immediately drop gloves and start fighting (dumb) other fights i hate - guy lands awesome CLEAN body check on opposing player, opposing players teammate feels the need to come fight the guy that laid the body check....this one is probably my biggest pet peeve, checking is part of the game and if i guy gets nailed (CLEANLY) then there is no need to go and fight that guy in his honor