Mika Zibanejad's Goal Was Nice But Could Have Been Better With A Timely Haircut

[Conrad McBenis]

Mika is one of my favorite players and he just scored another but one thing bothered me more than anything on his first one is how his haircut can impact his vision. I played defense in D2 with my buddy Phil that had a similar haircut as Mika. While I understand that the D and F positions are vastly different, both rely heavily on vision.

Phil was a right handed RD that would always pinch in and try the same forehand backhand move. It all looks great and still sometimes works even if your hair get in your face. He only had 8 goals that year which was impressive in our conference.

The following year Phil got a haircut, hair was still pretty long like peak Lundqvist but no risk of getting in his face while skating. He ended up scoring 16 goals that season while I bailed him out on the blue line. He told me every day to look at the results. Backhanders are adversely affected by long hair due to the necessary neck snap from the players to find the puck and push to the goal.

I am not saying that Mika is going to score 164 goals as he is on pace for but even if he gets the haircut and only captures 60% its still 98.

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[Kranix]

Nice goal but it was waaay offside. Can't believe Cooper didn't challenge it.

 

[Sol]

Forehand backhand. So impressive..

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

C- trollwork.

 

[DearDiary]

Nice goal but it was waaay offside. Can't believe Cooper didn't challenge it.

It was onside. Zibanejad didn't have the puck, it was over a foot in front of him

 

[Bounces R Way]

Zibanejad: scores a pretty goal

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[D Wakaluk]

Title of the year

 

[Kranix]

It was onside. Zibanejad didn't have the puck, it was over a foot in front of him

Oh. Welp. Good goal

 

[DearDiary]

Title of the year

McDavid wins the Art Ross but he had more points last year
Avalanche win the cup again but should have won in less games
Marchand licks Crosby but there wasn't enough spit involved

 

[Zats Muccarello]

Oh. Welp. Good goal

I thought the same at first but the camera angle was deceiving

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

This was nothing.

 

[Machinehead]

I liked it

 

[jetsforever]

Wait the regular season started?!

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I hope he grows it down to his ass so we can continue to get these amazing type of threads on HF

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

Never understood the desire to grow your hair long.

 

[byrath]

Never understood the desire to grow your hair long.

No need for desire, it grows long on its own, all you have to do is decide not to put in the time/effort/expense of keeping it short

 

[Conrad McBenis]

I understand my avatar is Patrick Kane, that doesn't take away from my thesis.

 

[1specter]

Zibanejad scores a pretty goal

HFBoards:

If we're doing Simpsons references, this one also works:

 

[ajdj10]

His empty net shot was nice but could have been better if it went in.

 

[1OApick]

Is it still offseason?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

I like flow, but this is ugly

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

No need for desire, it grows long on its own, all you have to do is decide not to put in the time/effort/expense of keeping it short

It just looks to me, either ratty and dirty if you don't take care of it, or it looks feminine if you do take care of it.. I don't mean to offend anyone, just the way I see it.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

His empty net shot was nice but could have been better if it went in.

His hair was blocking his eyes

 

[BlueOil]

It was onside. Zibanejad didn't have the puck, it was over a foot in front of him

i thought lafreniere was pretty far offside, zibanejad is still trying to get control at this point

edit, nvm, figured out the tricky camera angle

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

This was actually a really underrated aspect of Gretzky’s game- he managed to have fantastic flow with minimal visual static. I could critique that one strand, but whatever, we all get caught out late on a haircut shift. Overall it’s just really well done and he doesn’t get enough credit for it.