The problem with guys like Wilde is that he always pontificates about fighting or concussions at times like this. Hell, I remember when Max went head first into the boards in Florida, Wilde's first tweet was that the Canadiens better say it was a concussion as if they owe Wilde something or he will give them lashes etc. The fact that it was fighting goons that have killed themselves he takes to mean fighting caused it. The problem with the theory is that football players have killed themselves too and they don't fight. Furthermore, how many wrestlers have killed themselves, boxers, UFC guys etc. I am sure some here will name off a few but if it were fighting that caused them to kill themselves, one would expect a ton of wrestlers boxers etc to do it.
Yeah head injuries are not good. However, that is the risk the players the players take when they play. They do get massively compensated for the risk. We can ban fighting, fine, but if Max ends up with CTE when he is older, it won't have been from fighting. If he offs himself, it won't be due to fighting. Wilde is being way to simplistic as always. Oh a fighter killed himself, has to be from fighting.