NHL Hockey thread

[crazy canuck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMHU5pW7p4

Life imitates art.  Straight out of the movie Goon.

Exhibit 2345235246 why the NHL isn't worth watching.  Maybe one day they will not condone fighting.  But that doesn't seem to be a priority.

[HVC]

you just don't like the game, which is fine. it'd be like me complaining that i don't like basketball because of all the dribbling. Yes, i know there are no fights in international hockey. but they also use different rink sizes so its not exactly the same.

[Valmy]

Fighting is pretty rare in the NHL these days. It is not the 1970s anymore.

A bunch of millionaires are just not as motivated to get their teeth knocked out.

[crazy canuck]

you just don't like the game, which is fine. it'd be like me complaining that i don't like basketball because of all the dribbling. Yes, i know there are no fights in international hockey. but they also use different rink sizes so its not exactly the same.

The fact that you equate fighting with a fundamental part of the game is a big part of the problem.  Not sure what rink size has to do with stupid rules that condone fighting.

[HVC]

 there isn't a fight every five minutes, but it happens. it is what it is. if you don't like it, fair, I'm not saying you should like it. you don't like the nhl. not everyone does.

[Barrister]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMHU5pW7p4

Life imitates art.  Straight out of the movie Goon.

Ryan Reaves (the Vegas player) was born and raised in Winnipeg.  His father Willard Reaves is an American who played for the CFL Blue Bombers for several years, then stuck around after his playing career to raise his family.

He's arguably the last pure 'enforcer' in the NHL.

[Grey Fox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMHU5pW7p4

Life imitates art.  Straight out of the movie Goon.

Exhibit 2345235246 why the NHL isn't worth watching.  Maybe one day they will not condone fighting.  But that doesn't seem to be a priority.

It is on it's way out just like it was in the NBA & is in the MLB. You are not patient enough. Gary Bettman doesn't run a proactive organisation.

[crazy canuck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMHU5pW7p4

Life imitates art.  Straight out of the movie Goon.

Exhibit 2345235246 why the NHL isn't worth watching.  Maybe one day they will not condone fighting.  But that doesn't seem to be a priority.

It is on it's way out just like it was in the NBA & is in the MLB. You are not patient enough. Gary Bettman doesn't run a proactive organisation.

I am pretty sure you told me the same thing a number of years ago.   

That is actually why I bothered posting something about hockey - it seems this is never going away.

[Grey Fox]

But it is going away, very slowly.

It took 20 years for helmets, it's going to take that again.

[viper37]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMHU5pW7p4

Life imitates art.  Straight out of the movie Goon.

Exhibit 2345235246 why the NHL isn't worth watching.  Maybe one day they will not condone fighting.  But that doesn't seem to be a priority.

It is on it's way out just like it was in the NBA & is in the MLB. You are not patient enough. Gary Bettman doesn't run a proactive organisation.

I am pretty sure you told me the same thing a number of years ago.   

That is actually why I bothered posting something about hockey - it seems this is never going away.

there are many less fights nowadays then there were 5-6 years ago.  And sports commenters have dropped the hypocrisy of denouncing violence in sports while cheering for hockey fights.  So, it's coming. 

But so far, there's still a large portion of the public that likes these fights, and they are increasingly turning toward other professional leagues that will offer them staged fights.

[HVC]

Imagine your record with a good coach

My coach is better than your coach.

[Barrister]

Imagine your record with a good coach

My coach is better than your coach.

Rubber match is tomorrow. 

[Barrister]

Imagine your record with a good coach

My coach is better than your coach.

Rubber match is tomorrow. 

[HVC]

I missed the game, I was working

[Barrister]

So here's an interesting one.

I a game last night NHL referee Tim Peel is caught on a "hot mic" to say "It wasn't much, but I wanted to get a (expletive) penalty against Nashville early in the".  Referees wanting to even the game has long been known to happen in the NHL.

So what does the NHL do?  They announce Tim Peel will never ref another game again (he was due to retire at the end of the season).

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-says-referee-tim-peel-will-no-longer-work-games-hot-mic-incident/