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Originally Posted by Bogey Man 
Another big reason for the instigator rule was to lessen fighting to improve the league's public/media-image and make it more family friendly to bring in more fans and improve the possibility of getting a fat national TV broadcast contract.
I don't think that has worked either so I don't know why the rule remains.
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I couldnt agree with you more. IMO, the timing was actually particularly awful with the popularity of the UFC. When more and more extreme sports started becoming popular the NHL chose to becoming more tame.