NHL Thread

[JG34]

Good Luck, NHL.

 

Buds all day?

[Spanky99]

GO LEAFS GO!!!

 

[jays4life19]

Go Devils Go

[Spanky99]

Nice start... lol. At least this captaincy is over, Tavares is the proper choice.

[Spanky99]

Go Devils Go

 

Not playing tonight, buddy, lol.

[Spanky99]

That's offside, good challenge!

 

Wow... nice pass Nylander, beauty goal.

[Spanky99]

Another slick goal, so glad we signed Marner, Auston's getting a hatty tonight.

[Spanky99]

Sens had a decent first aside from the penalties, but they just got manhandled in that 2nd, lol. Anderson was good, though.

[Spanky99]

Nice first goal Rook!!! What a play by Barrie. Hot Damn!

[Spanky99]

Woohoo... Buds!

[Dr. Dinger]

Auston Matthews is gonna be bald in like 2 years

[BTS]

That was one of the most boring hockey games I’ve ever seen. Zero intensity or physicality from either side.

[Spanky99]

Auston Matthews is gonna be bald in like 2 years

 

[Spanky99]

Connor McGod is ridiculous!

[Krylian]

Auston Matthews is gonna be bald in like 2 years

 

Like a Crenshaw melon

[Laika]

Hockey is such a terrible sport now. I don’t get it

[Krylian]

Hockey is such a terrible sport now. I don’t get it

 

Then you're clearly not the target audience. Move on.

[Boxcar]

Hockey is such a terrible sport now. I don’t get it

 

That's what happens when all 30 teams are basically the same, and add some stupid rules here and there, voila, s***** sport

[Krylian]

That's what happens when all 30 teams are basically the same, and add some stupid rules here and there, voila, s***** sport

 

I agree in part. The cap is a very frustrating thing to deal with, and there are a lot of teams that are interchangeable because of it, but I think there's a clear top 8 or so teams and a bottom 8 or so teams. They are not close to being the same. The Leafs are in that Top 8 and the Sens are in that bottom 8. It showed last night. But even in baseball, the worst teams are pretty much going to win 50 games a season just cause.

[Laika]

Then you're clearly not the target audience. Move on.

 

no.

[Laika]

That's what happens when all 30 teams are basically the same, and add some stupid rules here and there, voila, s***** sport

 

I think the rules are what does it in for me.

 

Reviewing offsides is so annoying. I can't stand penalties for accidentally putting the puck out of play. I hate the random stuff like the goalie trapezoid. I miss hitting and fighting! Every big hit is an automatic penalty.

[jays4life19]

Go Devils Go!

[Dick_Pole]

"The NHL is not s*****"

 

- says the guy who doesn't watch a full game until April. Even when betting on the sport.

[Dick_Pole]

It's like the NHL is intentionally trying to put all of its eggs in its playoff basket. Once the over-officiating and the participation point disappears in the playoffs, the quality of the game substantially rises.

[Laika]

It's like the NHL is intentionally trying to put all of its eggs in its playoff basket. Once the over-officiating and the participation point disappears in the playoffs, the quality of the game substantially rises.

 

Absolutely. It's like a different sport in the playoffs.

 

Shootouts are the worst. They should just drop down to 1-on-1 until someone scores, lol. That's at least closer to hockey than a shootout.

[Krylian]

I think the rules are what does it in for me.

 

Reviewing offsides is so annoying. I can't stand penalties for accidentally putting the puck out of play. I hate the random stuff like the goalie trapezoid. I miss hitting and fighting! Every big hit is an automatic penalty.

 

It was used as a strategy, not accidental. It's a great rule.

[Frag]

I think the rules are what does it in for me.

 

Reviewing offsides is so annoying. I can't stand penalties for accidentally putting the puck out of play. I hate the random stuff like the goalie trapezoid. I miss hitting and fighting! Every big hit is an automatic penalty.

 

There's a no swearing rule in the NHL that never gets enforced.

 

Rule 75.2(i): Swearing

 

A minor penalty shall be assessed to “any identifiable player who uses obscene, profane or abusive language or gestures directed at any person.”

 

L.O.L.

[Barkerfan23]

Matthews might score 60 this year,

 

he is what we need Vlad to be for the Jays.

[Frag]

I definitely think if there is a sport that needs to reform (and simplify) its rules, it's the NHL. The NFL is pretty stupid, too, but I don't think it compares to the NHL's weirdness.

[Laika]

I definitely think if there is a sport that needs to reform (and simplify) its rules, it's the NHL. The NFL is pretty stupid, too, but I don't think it compares to the NHL's weirdness.

 

It's very inaccessible. Many stupid little arbitrary rules.

 

Why do offsides even exist now? The playing surface is sufficiently small, and the players are so fast now, that it just seems kind of stupid. It does not help improve the flow of play, like the over-and-back rule does in basketball. Now that they review offsides and take goals away it just seems extra f***ing dumb. Just remove the stupid blue lines and give the offensive team half the ice to play with.