It seems like players are losing it a lot more regularly.
2007-10-11 18:16:30 · 10 answers · asked by turbo2317 3 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Or the refs are letting them fight as opposed to stopping it before it happens. So far, there has only been one performance-enhancing case in the NHL (can't remember the name of the player though).
2007-10-11 18:20:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
If people don't think that drugs are a problem then they are living like ostriches. (hiding their head in a hole instead of facing reality) Drugs in general, and steroids in particular are a problme in EVERY competitive sport and at EVERY level. And yes the NHL is a competitive sport.
Just because there was violence in the past doesn't mean that its a good thing now. Just because there hasn't been consistent testing in the NHL (making for very few 'positive' tests) doesn't mean that doping doesn't happen.
I like a good hard hit. I don't mind an occasional fight but the Kesler incident (and ones like that, the Pronger elbow, the slash to the face of Mcammond) need to be weeded out of the sport. It doesn't matter if it existed before or not.
We can't blame it all on drugs as there are many factors but why not start there?
2007-10-12 10:51:08 · answer #2 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steroids have nothing to do with increased violence in the NHL; Strategy does.
When fights happen, play halts, coaches plan, and players rest for a little bit. Players need rest now that the game has sped up with the new rules.
There's only been a slight increase in "violence" since the 90's. It's still not as rough as back in the 70's and 80's.
2007-10-12 01:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by 3dot3dash3dot 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. By way of example, I would ask you to look at Ted Lindsay or Gordie Howe of the 1950's and 60's. These guys not only fought, they actually dueled with hockey sticks! Head hunting and stick swinging that would make Dino Ciccerelli cringe was common in that era.
I believe that the enhanced exposure to the media of other cities heightens the sense that "people are losing it more often" when in reality this is not the case.
Additionally, while it is likely that some players have taken illegal substances and experienced heightened violent reactions, this is no worse than in the 80's when players like Probert were on cocaine, or John Kordic was on all sorts of substances (common rumor has it that he died in a hotel room while being subdued by 6 RCMP troopers after a rampage).
Should we need to find a "boogy man" in all of this, perhaps we need look no further than the 3rd man in or instigator rules which have both stripped respect out of the game and allowed acts of poor sportsmanship to thrive.
In the olden days, players feared the enforcers wrath and stayed in line. Now, it is man-to-man and often it is the cementhead of one team antagonizing the skilled player of the other. Tempers flare, sticks fly and you have major issues.
(Want proof, take a look at the 1993 playoffs, Habs vs LA....Granato's face looked like a freaking roadmap!)
Again, I don't think it's 'roids, but a lack of respect that causes the massive issues we see in professional hockey.
2007-10-12 02:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This question is invalid. NHL violence has NOT increased. The 80's were the hay day for guys dropping the gloves and pulling the sweater up. When Basil McRae was patrolling the ice is when hockey violence was at its sublime best. If anything, they are being too restrained now. I say back up and let them throw.
2007-10-12 01:26:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Well, I wouldn't say that. I don't THINK that steroids would have anything to do with violence in the NHL.
2007-10-12 13:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by Fish Dude 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you haven't really based you opinion on much. Hockey's most violent period came and went. Long ago. As for the steroids issue. In some cases, especially the other night in Vancouver, I think they may have played a role. Many so called enforcers supposedly use them.
2007-10-12 10:03:25 · answer #7 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hockey is much less violent than it used to be. There's not even a consensus that "roid-rage" is real. Some doctors say that the people who take steroids may be jerks to begin with.
2007-10-12 13:02:32 · answer #8 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are the Broad Street Bullies back in business?
What are you compairing the level of violence to?
Maybe I see only what I want to see, but I think violence is way down from previous eras.
2007-10-12 11:12:38 · answer #9 · answered by cme 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO
2007-10-12 13:15:24 · answer #10 · answered by Goalie 79 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋