Some might be missing the point here.
Hockey according to Cherry is crap. The hoser toughboy talk contributes DIRECTLY to this stuff, and that stuff is OVER. Cherry should be retired for the good of the game.
Fer crissakes we now have 7 year olds beating the stuffin out of each other, with examples provided by coaches and parents too.
The game will clean up or die, because this current interpretation will ensure that we end up with UF and MMA tournaments instead of our beautiful game. I like MMA, but it doesn't look like hockey. Why should hockey look like MMA?
"I love the tough guys". If you don't want to keep those things separate, then you contribute to this mess.
Shame. Put it all together already.
As for my kids driving cars at the limits of their ability and the car's mechanical limits, no thanks, I can't see a price tag on that visit by the local constabulary. How many million was that priced out at?