"You are probably going to get to the eventual answer it will reduce or get rid of fighting," said NHL director of hockey operations Colin Campbell. "Is that a bad thing or a good thing?"

If the Board of Governors passes the rule at its June 27 meeting, any player with 25 or fewer NHL games would be required to wear a visor next season.

"I see it as we were taking steps to making the game safer," said Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ray Shero. "I don't have a crystal ball for five or 10 years down the road."

Visors are worn in the American Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League, and players still fight in those leagues. One thought is fighters will swing away — visors or not.

"It's not like hitting a car windshield," said Edmonton Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish. "There will be fighting."

Yeah, but the better visors are stiffer ones, and while I have no doubt that some graduating AHL'ers will "Kronwall" their visors, tilting them back to the point that they look like sun visors (Kronwall only wears a visor to protect himself from getting concussed when his head is down and/or his temples are hit)--Wings prospect Landon Ferraro is among a growing group of AHL players who barely "wear" visors--some guys will keep their eyes protected.

There's no doubt that when one wants to fight, fighting will occur, but smashing plastic before smashing face will definitely change the art of the scrap.