There are a couple of opinion pieces in the Tribune today about fighting, basically one pro-fighting and one "meh." It's really simple: the fans love it. So it comes down to whether Bettman wants to once again try his time-tested-and-failed theory that potential NHL fans are more important than us actual, current NHL fans. I just don't think the system is broken, so why mess with it? I don't see a problem with it either. But IIRC, Canadian fans support less fighting in Hockey. I wonder if that's why it keeps coming up. To me it's a fun part of the game, as long as it doesn't stop gameplay every 5 minutes. Which I don't think it does. Really? I've never heard that. Montreal fans probably do, but I'd be surprised if the western CA fans did.