Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
The league doesn't ban it, the coaches do, because they don't want to shift momentum for even a minute. I miss the old days when there was quite a bit of fighting in the playoffs.

Pens in 6, clinching in Philly in front of the orange-shirted prison inmates.
NHL does not ban fighting, but they do ramp up the penalties for aggressors and instigators. In effect, fighting becomes non-existent in the playoffs.