Message sending for the next game, it's happened since the beginning of the sport. Very similar to how baseball used to be... you take care of it on the field... you hit my guy I'm going to make sure to hit your guy(s)... there were no warnings or ejections for that crap. Let the players police the game themselves. There is a reason why baseball stopped allowing those fights...it's [expletive] and shouldn't be part of the game for the most part. It should be the same why in hockey in terms of warnings and ejections. Did you ever play hockey high school level or above? I guess since I have, I see the need for it... people who have never played might not see it the same way... difference of opinion I guess. But I strongly feel hockey is a sport that needs fighting. Not only are you ridiculous for throwing out the "I played the game" card, but you're the same guy who was disappointed the Washington didn't try to start 45 fights with Pittsburgh at the end of Game 7 in the last series. We get it. You get a boner from watching two players fight during a hockey game. Let it go. Not really... pretty much any one who played understands the importance of hockey... that's what I was getting at.