[Jestre]

Hockey today is much more dangerous for stars than it was in the goon days of the 70's and 80's. If someone ran Bobby Clarke the Flyers wouldn't send Schultz after the other teams goon, he would take the head off the other teams best player. Thats why you rarely saw stars get cheap shotted then. There is no respect for players these days cuz there is no accountability. Punks like Matt Cooke wouldnt have been tolerated 30 years ago. In the 70's and 80's there was no where near the cheap shots and head hunting there is today because goons 'policed' the ice. Sure there were more fights, more brawls, but even with the fighting the game was much safer from serious injury than today and you could thank the goons for much of that. Dave Schultz nearly beat the pi$$ out of Dale Rolfe for accidentally hitting Barry Ashbee in the eye with a shot, ending Ashbee's career. Thats how things were settled in those days, now both teams just try to out cheapshot each other.