Wow, another brilliant statement. Yes, let's make this a vigilante league just like all the other major sports, and society for that matter.
If one of our guys had retaliated by chucking a cheap shot at AO after the hit, I have no doubt we would've been praised by the league and hockey fans across the continent for showing AO who's the boss. That'll put the fear of God into other teams and show them the Buffalo Sabres are not a team to be messed with.
Ooorrrr....maybe we would've ridiculed, drawn an uncessary amount of attention, lost a coach/player or two to suspension and derailed what could be a championship season in the making. I absolutely cannot believe your ignorance.
Basically your beef here is with the NHL for not suspending AO four weeks ago. Quit saying the Sabres don't stand up for themselves and quit defining "standing up for themselves" as "hitting the other guy just as bad, or worse, than he hit us."
Because then you're Scott Nichol. The very thing you're pissed off about today.