For much of Alain Vigneault’s tenure as head coach of the New York Rangers, the team was discouraged from engaging with the other team in after the whistle shenanigans. To some degree, this was an effective practice, if a team doesn’t engage at all, it can’t be called for penalties and officials are more inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt.
However, at the same time, such a rigid sense of discipline leads to a team that plays without passion or fire. Sometimes, if the opposition was really pushing the Rangers’ buttons it felt like a mugging.