Biggest pet peeves in hockey?

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Over passing, especially on the power play. Teams get caught up looking for perfect looks instead of getting pucks on the net. Good things happen when you keep it simple

Try yelling “Shoot” the whole PP. That’ll get them going.

 

[SensontheRush]

Refs seem to be ALWAYS in the way now. Getting in the way of players on the rush, and pucks are bouncing off of them during the cycle and even clearing attempts.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Bettman Loser Points.

A game should only have 2 pts up for grabs.

I came to post something similar. Games should be worth the same amount no matter what.

 

[La Bamba]

Off-side reviews

Goalie interference reviews

 

[budaj guy]

3 on 3 OT, it is generally incredibly boring to watch possession in favor of shots on goal

 

[snag]

My wife will do this midway through the third period when we're up 1-0, and being heavily outshot.

 

[MarkWheeler]

Super trivial, but when people refer to their favorite team as “My Leafs, “My Rangers” don’t know why it bugs me, but it always has. They’re not yours!!

 

[BrettHullsToe]

It seems like almost every player insists on trying to snipe the puck through a minuscule opening up high and either hits the goalie or misses the net entirely, rather than make the high percentage play of shooting the puck on the ice for the rebound to their teammate.

It's especially infuriating on a 2-on-1 where their teammate would have an easy tap-in goal.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Why sportsnet/tsn/the NHL now does all this trivial shit.

Hey, this player has the most goals scored on a Tuesday with a surname starting with N and has a birthday late than July.and between the 8th and 10th of the month.

But only for his team, not even league wide.

When the f*** did this shit start becoming popular ?

 

[Tanknation]

When my dumb team does not understand true meaning of rebuilding and tanking. Instead they decide to win meaningless games and forever be destined for mediocrity.

 

[frisco]

Off-side reviews

Exactly. Offside call should always be live (no review allowed).

A minor one, but why do they also give home/away splits on specialty team stats? No other stat, individual or team (except maybe W-L record), gets broken down into this meaningless sample. You mean the Islanders are 9th overall in penalty killing but only 12th on the road. Like how is this at all important?

My Best-Carey

 

[542365]

How the league uses raw points instead of points percentage to display their standings even though they use points percentage when determining waiver order(because it is the correct standings). Just order them by points percentage. Your fans are smart enough to understanding winning percentage.

 

[Master P]

When having your stick knocked out of your hand gets called for slashing. Especially when you're only holding it with one hand.

 

[KingsFan7824]

That people still refer to it as a loser point. When, at no time, is a team given a point for the act of losing.

And that on nhl.com, you can't filter by division or conference in their stat category, for either teams or players.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Digital ads on boards that result in the player, sticks and puck disappearing during game play

People who bang on the glass and/or stand up and wave to the camera while on their phone instead of watching the game

Using various semantic arguments and pretzel logic to pretend there is no loser point

 

[JT Kreider]

That an embellishment and a tripping can be called on the same play.

When both teams go into a shell late in the 3rd period of a tie game to guarantee at least one point.

The Anaheim Ducks current jerseys. Seeing their RR is just a depressing reminder of what could be.

 

[HansonBro]

My cold nachos and warm beer. Also the $20 parking from 5 blocks away

 

[T REX]

pace

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Leafs fans must have lost their voices during the Tomas Kaberle years, because of the times he refused to shoot the puck.

And then Dion Phaneuf came along, so between the two of them approximately 1 shot per year was on target.

 

[snipes]

Offside challenges for something a fraction of an inch offside that occurred 30 seconds prior on a zone entry that had no impact on the goal.

 

[NYR94]

The current playoff format

 

[yukoner88]

The NHL's bastardization of the phrase "game management"

 

[Killing Joke]

The numbers players wear. The numbers 70 and 36 are f***ing ugly. Especially on goalies.

 

[Faterson]

National anthems cringe and military jingoism.

 

[byrath]

Players going for the stick-lift from a bad position and/or not paying attention, results in a nasty high stick, seems to happen every game