what is Demott's response when he picked a fight with someone and didn't drop his gloves while he was getting punched in the head for $500 Alex?

I mean honestly WTF was that. If you are going to engage into a fight you better take your gloves off instead of just holding on why the other guy beats your head in.
No team in the league respects that.
As the games get nastier this team is going to have a hard time going forward.
You have to at least stick up for yourself on the ice. Not hold on while getting pummeled and still get 5 minutes in the box for "fighting" if that's what you want to call that.

That is literally what he did, he got slashed and told the guy to **** off with the dirty shots and then dropped the gloves when he had a chance. Dropping his gloves where you wanted him to would have left him open to a serious beating.