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Originally Posted by johnnyshaka
First of all, Clarke, Howe, Hunter and Messier could play hockey and were obviously very good at it. Secondly, they played the way they did and backed it up. They took their lumps but they definitely dolled out more than they took because they were willing to back it up when the time came.
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So the fighting did not stop the dirty play, because they were willing to fight? This completely contradicts the argument that fights were necessary to self-police the game.