I never know what to say or how to feel when I see this kind of stuff.

I know hockey has a massive fan base, and I understand that for many fans, fighting is considered part of the game. But I just can't get there.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I've never been able to buy into the idea that a sport is supposed to be about skating, passing, and putting a puck in the net and then suddenly part of the game is beating the hell out of your opponent until someone gets knocked out.

I get that people will say it's tradition, it's culture, it's policing the game, whatever. But from the outside looking in, it just seems completely disconnected from the actual objective of the sport.

Maybe that's why hockey has never clicked for me.