What's really said on the handshake line?

[TheImpatientBoomer]

 

[FLpanthers16]

Cool to hear and see the respect they have for eachother.

 

[Maffew]

This says more about Bennett than anyone else

 

[Ratsreign]

Some Leaf fans,
”I can’t believe they shook Bennett’s f***ing hand!!”


meanwhile the boys all know they’re just playing hockey,
”Good job, Benny, go get one, bud”

 

[Dust]

Not particularly surprising. I'm sure a lot of guys workout together in the off season and share the same agents. It's a small league in the big picture and I'm sure 90% of the guys are friendly with each other away from the rink.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

These guys are all buddies for the most part off the ice... It isn't surprising at all that this stuff is said

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Not particularly surprising. I'm sure a lot of guys workout together in the off season and share the same agents. It's a small league in the big picture and I'm sure 90% of the guys are friendly with each other away from the rink.

In this case, Bennett has played with at least two of the players he's speaking with, Cookie and Gio.

 

[Tryblot]

I remember when I was younger, the guy you hated most on the ice was the guy that got your most respect in the handshake line.


Eta - unless they did something egregious.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Fandom is a very weird thing.

These guys are competitive but they have respect for one another, with very limited exception. Meanwhile, it seems like half of my own fanbase is calling another team “so dirty” or otherwise unworthy five minutes into any given game.

Not saying I don’t get emotional and reserve a type of “hatred” for rival teams. But especially as I get older, I am frequently confused as to why so many people have such a strong tendency to take a competitive environment and what results from it so personally. I love competition, both watching it and participating in it, but you owe your opponent respect.

That’s what makes it a sport and not literal warfare.

 

[dahrougem2]

Would love to hear what was said between Draisaitl and Pietrangelo lol. Or Oilers in general with Pietrangelo.

Bet there's zero respect for that tomahawking fake tough guy.

 

[McFlash97]

Would love to hear what was said between Draisaitl and Pietrangelo lol. Or Oilers in general with Pietrangelo.

Bet there's zero respect for that tomahawking fake tough guy.

Hoping to meet Vegas next year. Need to run it back

 

[tarheelhockey]

"Good job"
"Nice job"
"Good luck bud"
"Take care"
"Good job"
"Good job"
"Good job"
"Good job"
"Good job"

 

[dukedukowski]

Not that hes going to say something. But if he's specifically mi

 

[FLpanthers16]

"Good job"
"Nice job"
"Good luck bud"
"Take care"
"Good job"
"Good job"
"Good job"
"Good job"
"Good job"

"Go get the cup"
"Hope you win it"

To add a few, but probably more common between players that know eachother well.

 

[tarheelhockey]

"Go get the cup"
"Hope you win it"

To add a few, but probably more common between players that know eachother well.

I really think people believe there's more happening on the ice than there really is, most of the time. These guys are mentally and physically exhausted, they've got like 1.5 seconds to say something and move on, and there's a TV camera up their left nostril. Much like the stuff that's said during live play, 95% of it really isn't interesting or even very coherent.

 

[dukedukowski]

 

[dukedukowski]

 

[DueDiligence]

Respect!

 

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[Crosby2010]

Billy Smith famously never went through the handshake line. He hated it. I'll give him credit, he was pretty consistent with it.

 

[AvroArrow]

So pretty much the same generic stuff we all said as kids in our house league games lmao

 

[ROLLT1DE]

I think the vulgar language used on the ice should be a premium subscription available to those who want it. Would make the game that much more entertaining

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

“I guess Fatso forgot to shake my hand.”

 

[Little Psycho]

After this hit, Rozsival ended up getting a Charlie horse. During the handshake line, mike smith told brown he should be suspended forever. Lmao

 

[authentic]

These guys are all buddies for the most part off the ice... It isn't surprising at all that this stuff is said

Except Brodeur and Avery

“I guess Fatso forgot to shake my hand.”