Don Cherry believes if the Canadiens had an enforcer, the Paul Byron incident wouldn't have occurred. BudweiserCanada || CellySZN
“Now what would’ve happened right there if Wilson had been on the ice? If a tough guy had been on the ice he would’ve stepped in,” argued Cherry. “That’s why they gave Wilson a [six-year] contract. He knows he’s gotta protect guys like Byron.
Someone should’ve stepped in there and stopped Byron from fighting because he’s not a fighter.The Byron-Weegar incident re-sparked some debate about the need for fighting within the game this week and whether Weegar going after Byron was necessary, even if such an action falls in line with “the code.”“I know you people put down the code, but it’s a code and it’ll always be there.”
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