What's really said on the handshake line?

[JaegerDice]

90% of the time, it's a half-hearted, non-descript 'congrats' or 'good series', or some such.

8% of the time, there's genuine feelings of admiration and reconcile exchanged. I remember in 2013, Keith intentionally whacked Carter in the face with his stick, and he rightfully got suspended. In the handshake line, Keith apologized and Carter said 'Thanks. Good luck in the finals. I genuinely mean that'. I think for some guys, it's a bit of closure, cause they'd rather move on and get ready for next season than spend the whole off-season or more harboring animosity for some play or things said on the ice.

2% of the time, some hero decides he's going to use what's supposed to be a cool-down period between two teams running hot with competitive fire to make a point.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

 

[Hockeyholic]

“I guess Fatso forgot to shake my hand.”

I usually found Avery entertaining. However, I can't even imagine Rangers players approved/laughed at that comment. Pretty disrespectful.

Wait so Lucic was upset that Weiss was mocking his celebration. A celebration that was over the top by Lucic to begin with?

 

[Coffee]

Respect!

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

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.

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

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

Attention ! @FLpanthers16 @Skinnyjimmy08 @stlblues9 @tarheelhockey @DueDiligence

Earlier I replied to you guys in this very same post about how Draisaitl did not shake Pietrangelo's hand in the handshakes; however, upon further awareness and actual evidence brought to my attention it was determined Draisaitl did in fact shake Pietrangelo's hand.



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Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo took a vicious slash at Oilers star Leon Draisaitl's arm in game 4 of the Western conference finals.
Pietrangelo was suspended one game for the incident and continued on to return to game 6 and knock out the Edmonton Oilers and had one assist himself.​

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Except Brodeur and Avery

Haha well that was when opponents legitimately hated each other and there was no social media... Nowadays players don't hate anyone and they all keep in touch all season texting... They are all buddies nowadays!

 

[Oleksiak]

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

I'd probably end up paying if the NHL cleaned up the officiating and got rid of the jersey ads. Would love to have an alternate feed without the commentators. As it is, I refuse to spend a dime on the NHL due the issues that Bettman has caused and refuses to fix.

 

[GMR]

What did Lucic say to Montreal, though?

 

[CanadienShark]

"f*** you, nah f*** you."

 

[ghostingtaro]

tell draisaitl to cry some more

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Hey Draisitl never looked Pietrangelo in the eyes nor shook his hand!

That was not cool

You must think everybody is just stupid to believe what you just wrote here.

I don't even need to do any research to know they shook hands in the handshake lineup because I saw it with my own 2 eyes but you do you.

 

[LGBlues]

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

That was a disgrace and Doan let him have it in the handshake line.

 

[Coffee]

You must think everybody is just stupid to believe what you just wrote here.

I don't even need to do any research to know they shook hands in the handshake lineup because I saw it with my own 2 eyes but you do you.

Editing it sorry. I took someone else word for it

I apologize and I don’t stand for propaganda

 

[Straight Fire]

"If I had to backcheck one more time I'd have fallen over."

That was funny

 

[The Faulker 27]

I bet if the Leafs were mic'd up in line they'd be complaining about the TV ratings.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Editing it sorry. I took someone else word for it

I apologize and I don’t stand for propaganda

Yeah, the amount of time it took you to multi-quote all that then write your post, you could have easily googled it & found out whoever told you that was full of sh**.

Also anything written on reddit or twitter should never be taken at face value because they're not real places.

 

[Patmac40]

There's generally a good amount of respect among most the guys even if they don't know each other personally. It's pretty intense going up against the same team 4+ times with that type of pressure and everyone knows they're doing what they need to do to win. That all goes out the window once the final whistle goes.

Hell, my beer league playoffs are all best of 3 series and you already hate the other team within 10 mins of playing the series. We had a series that went 3 games this year and it was as chippy as anything we'd played all year plus a whole lot of chirping both ways. I had a guy in particular that I was battling and jawing with all three games, don't even know him, still don't know his name, but when he came through the handshake line we had a lot of mutual respect and said to each other that it was one hell of a battle. That's just how it happens. Hard to explain until you play a full-fledged series against a team.

 

[Suntouchable13]

What did Lucic say to Montreal, though?

Didn’t he threaten to kill Dale Weise in the handshake line?

 

[robertocarlos]

But it wasn't a good job.

 

[Canadienna]

Didn’t he threaten to kill Dale Weise in the handshake line?

Haha yep and had some words for Emelin too.

It's not always as congenial as this video that's for sure.

 

[HockeyVirus]

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

It would last 1 period before people broke their hands clutching the pearls.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

90% of the time, it's a half-hearted, non-descript 'congrats' or 'good series', or some such.

8% of the time, there's genuine feelings of admiration and reconcile exchanged. I remember in 2013, Keith intentionally whacked Carter in the face with his stick, and he rightfully got suspended. In the handshake line, Keith apologized and Carter said 'Thanks. Good luck in the finals. I genuinely mean that'. I think for some guys, it's a bit of closure, cause they'd rather move on and get ready for next season than spend the whole off-season or more harboring animosity for some play or things said on the ice.

2% of the time, some hero decides he's going to use what's supposed to be a cool-down period between two teams running hot with competitive fire to make a point.

Where is the less than 1 percent of Kris Draper whining that they didn't get to shake hands fast enough in 2009? Draper is one of the biggest crybabies to ever lace them up in the NHL. He took this act in coaching his son's Little Caesars travel team and continued to whine there too.

 

[ichbinkanadier]

Haha well that was when opponents legitimately hated each other and there was no social media... Nowadays players don't hate anyone and they all keep in touch all season texting... They are all buddies nowadays!

Players of the Original Six wra were making the same complaints about players of the 70s.

In a sexual assault accusation against Dan Quinn back in the 90s, he was apparently partying with Mario Lemieux (after Quinn was traded from Pittsburgh) on the night this allegation referred to.

With the trades, free agency and such is it surprising the players develop more binds and friendships with players on opposing teams?

 

[crowi]

This was sad and cool at the same time. And holy shit it's already been over 9 years since apparently:

 

[Dicky113]

Didn’t he threaten to kill Dale Weise in the handshake line?

Yep. He said I’m going to f***ing kill you

 

[Brodeur]

Sometimes I'm curious to see the interactions between some players and an ex-coach. When they showed the Seattle-Dallas handshake line, they briefly showed Adam Larsson and Pete DeBoer having a chat. Larsson broke into the NHL under him but struggled, then turned things around when DeBoer was fired.

Sydor, who had been the subject of trade rumors recently, had been wildly inconsistent since his promising rookie year when the Kings went to the Stanley Cup finals in 1992-93. King Coach Larry Robinson quickly grew frustrated with him this season, calling him a “time bomb.”

“It’s not a relief,” said Sydor, a first-round pick in 1990. “I guess I didn’t help the cause the way I was playing. I knew it was going to happen, but I didn’t want it to happen. They wanted to get more character players in here, but I believe in myself as a character player.”

Darryl Sydor was injured in the final game of the 2000 Finals, so I don't know if he made it to the handshake line. Sydor struggled in LA under Larry Robinson and there was some animosity which later led to a trade to Dallas in 1996. Robinson then was fired and became head coach in New Jersey.