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Jad Abumrad

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So by this point, Danielle and John had gotten married.

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Soon after, had their first two kids.

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Well, tell me all the names of all the teams that you played for.

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Oh, my gosh.

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I'm embarrassed.

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So in 2008, John started playing in the NHL for the Minnesota Wild.

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After that, he played for Chicago and New York and Buffalo and San Jose.

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And throughout his whole career as an enforcer, there was this shift going on in professional hockey.

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A lot of the hockey establishment and the media, execs in the league, were pushing for the game to be more high scoring.

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To be more about skill and speed.

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And a lot of people started coming out and saying there should not be a place in this league for fighting.

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I was the easy target.

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This is a goon.

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They went after me and they said, listen, we don't need guys like this in a league.

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There's no room for it in the game.

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There's no room for guys in the game.

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Their sole purpose is to punch people.

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I believe the players that play in this league should be able to skate and pass and not simply ignite a fight.

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We're going to eliminate players like this.

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Which is one of the reasons why... Oh my God, John Scott All-Star.