Video taken from a post on With Leather....
I can see what Tootoo was going for with the skating backwards and trying to lure him in for the big right that would actually have done some damage due to the way he stopped his backward motion and transferred his weight... but he ended up just looking like a puss, telegraphing and then missing his big shot and never recovering.
The weight transfer problem and the fighters' not being able to plant their feet and thus be able to twist their hips into their punches is a big part of why fighting is tolerated in hockey and not other dry land sports. It's just so damn awkward, and really practically impossible when you have the other guy hanging on you as well, to punch properly on skates that the fights end up just being two guys exchanging arm punches (not ON the arm but FROM.) Consequently most damage sustained from such exchanges is cosmetic at best.
We've been over it before but FWYSO definitely subscribes to the Don Cherry theory on fighting in hockey as it allows the players to police the game themselves and actually leads to a cleaner overall game with less hooking, holding and cheap shots.
Plus there are the fights, which rule. You tell 'em Grapes, we're with ya!
The NHL constantly trying to take fighting out of the game by making the penalties more drastic not only weakens the quality of the game but also damages what makes the sport unique, known for and popular... next to the strike it is what is (and has been) killing what was once a much more popular sport.
Tootoo also evidently used to be nailing Kellie Pickler..... as pictured below.....
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