Again, I feel like I'm an idiot for still talking about this, but how does the league get from it's okay to cross-check someone in the head after a goal, to it's okay to cross-checking someone in the shoulder, to where we get back to simply taking a number and hitting 'em hard on the next shift.
It's the response, any response, other than an immediate dropping of the gloves where the other player knows it's coming after a whistle that should be absolutely abhorrent to us all. If you still believe in old-school retribution (and I can get behind that depending on the situation) at least have the balls to do it when the puck is play and all players are going and giving 100%. Even if all a player wants to do is maybe cross-check someone in the shoulder or say stick an inch and half of the butt end of their stick up someone's rib cage in the corner, do it between the whistles, not after.