Biggest pet peeves in hockey?

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

The powerplay breakout drop pass

The Sabres have done this for years and years, got away from it, and have now seemingly brought it back. The number of times Dahlin or Thompson has open ice ahead, 2 wingers alongside, and opts to drop it back to the last guy who now has to do the same skating but through more defenders and now stationary teammates.. f***ing why!? If you don’t change the angle of attack or misdirect anyone in any way then what in the f*** are you doing!?

The puck over the glass rule is stupid. A goalie or defender knocking their own net off should be 2 minutes. Attempts to block shots that shouldn’t be blocked. Those all irk me as well.

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

Announcers constantly jinxing things. Like at the start of a game a team takes a penalty: "team x has been on a roll on the pk and have killed 12 straight". Team proceeds to give up 4 powerplay goals that game. This actually happened to the oilers last week against the kings.

When people place too much importance on a teams performance when evaluating and comparing players. Hockey isn't like basketball where one player can play 80% of the game and 2 or 3 all-stars can pull a team full of trash players to a championship.

Stupid stats that are usually mentioned 3 or more times a game.

 

[WatchfulElm]

Linesmen who take an eternity to drop the puck, pretending they do but still keep the puck, then chase centermen for moving too fast, then take their time once more to drop the puck. JUST DROP THE %&$@ing PUCK!!

Also my most hated man in hockey (even more than Marchand, Matt Cooke, Bettman, Don Cherry and Jack Edwards) : Chris Lee!!!

 

[TropicOfNoReturn]

Offside review.

Nothing else matters as long as that is part of the NHL. It's sacrilegious

 

[AllAboutAvs]

People using the word "resign" instead of "re-sign".

 

[Dynamite Time]

ICINGS!

They’re getting blown too fast when there’s an obvious 50/50… at the least.

 

[Stive Morgan]

People who think a two-way contract means a player is waiver exempt, thanks to the NHL Be a GM games.

 

[jcs0218]

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.

They are a bunch of Tim Peels with a greater level of sophistication when managing games.

 

[McRpro]

"No chance for the goalie."

 

[tiburon12]

Guys who beaver clap or give you shit that they were open when they couldn't see the defender right behind them

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Maybe this is weird but I find it dumb when players get mad at the opposing team for getting a couple of extra wacks in when a goalie covers the puck.

Going for loose pucks is part of the game, you may as well get mad at them trying to score at all.

 

[Dynamite Time]

Centers getting tossed out of face-offs so quickly; let ‘em battle.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

"Keys to the game" on broadcasts.

They're always things like

"For the home team, they should score more goals than the away team. For the away team, they should allow fewer goals than the home team."

Also games starting 10 minutes after their listed start time.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

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

This goes way beyond "pet peeve" for me.

It's more like "completely ruining the entire sport at every level single-handedly"

As far as refs getting in the way - as a soccer ref, you're just taught to stand still and let the ball/play go around you. The players should be able to avoid a stationary object. Seems like hockey players expect the referees to be super nimble and able to predict the future to avoid their dump-ins.

 

[Dynamite Time]

The shootout has also become a dull along with the 3 on 3 overtime.

The playoff setup division wise isn’t good; go back to division winners getting 1st and 2nd seeds then fill in the rest 1-8.

 

[rojac]

I can't stand when people mention the word "Shutout" when a goalie has a shutout going with only a few minutes remaining in the game.

It's taboo to me.

Personally , one of my pet peeves in life is people who take silly superstitions like that seriously.

 

[jimmysheva]

Fans chanting "Ref, you suck!" after a good call

 

[Sniper99]

People that bang on the glass

The ones that stand up and wave at the camera during play. The few people behind you dont give a rats ass you're on tv, sit down.

 

[rojac]

Announcers constantly jinxing things. Like at the start of a game a team takes a penalty: "team x has been on a roll on the pk and have killed 12 straight". Team proceeds to give up 4 powerplay goals that game. This actually happened to the oilers last week against the kings.

When people place too much importance on a teams performance when evaluating and comparing players. Hockey isn't like basketball where one player can play 80% of the game and 2 or 3 all-stars can pull a team full of trash players to a championship.

Stupid stats that are usually mentioned 3 or more times a game.

Really??? Do you actually believe that some comment by an announcer can cause an event to happen or not happen?

 

[Sniper99]

National anthems cringe and military jingoism.

wtf is military jingoism?

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

I'll add another for the offside review, just let the refs call it, we've seen too many times a long play develop and get called back after scoring , I can live with a few mm of error like we always have

 

[Dynamite Time]

A goal called off because of a slight offsides when the defending team touched the puck and couldn’t clear.

 

[hangman005]

The refs spending 4 hours after a goal is scored for the coach to decide if they want to challenge it. Drop the puck without delay, if the coach wants more time they can burn their timeout. If the team drag their feet getting set, 2 minutes, delay of game.

 

[Mike C]

3x3 overtime, shootouts, not blowing the whistle when the puck is frozen, the delay of game when the puck is accidentally shot into the crowd and most of all, most of all alice.....LEAH HEXTALL!!!

 

[PastaSawce]

Mine is random, but my radio play by play guy says “time and room” instead of “ time and space.” I don’t know why, but it annoys me strongly.