What's Your Most Controversial Hockey Opinion?

[Dondini]

Trapezoid should be reversed, (can play it where you can’t now and can’t play it where u can now, other than to cover it say). I believe it would make the dump and chase game much more effective and exciting, and would help out offense.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Tanking actually works if you do it correctly (you obviously also need some luck in the lottery and with nailing your picks) and is probably the best way to build a winning team...

There's nothing controversial about this comment. Everybody knows it works. The controversy comes from the ethics behind tanking.

 

[Sentinel]

Mine's that i dont value Ovechkin overall as a good hockey player. Good shooter yea he has had and will get crazy amount of goals because theyr team's stragedy is to get him goals, but really outside of shooting nothing special. My opinion is that if Ovechkin would be replaced by some other player Capitals wouldnt be effectively negatively at all lets say atm player like Tomas Tatar or somethink like that Capitals would be about same level team. Tatar ofc wouldnt get as much goals they would play differently, but removing Ovy wouldnt negatively affect Capitals at all they would just play different style.

Bwahahah! I needed a good laugh!

 

[mitchmagic]

No on-ice refs. Should be officiated from a booth or from a bird's eye view perspective.

 

[RegDunlop]

I'll comment on this one because I've been passionate about eliminating all video reviews in all sports for a long time.

-Well, #1, I've been against it in all sports for years, so it's not some recent bad call.

-It's not an issue of "slowing the game down". I don't care if you speed up the reviews so they take 10-15 seconds. I watch sports for the excitement. The excitement comes from a goal, or a long diving catch (in football). If there is a close play in those situations, I know that we won't get an "official" ruling for 10-15 seconds or up to 3 minutes.

The fact that I have to wait for a coach to look down at the floor and make a decision on challenging, a ref to point to center ice, or watch a team scramble up quickly to the to get the next play off (in football) before I know if the exciting play will actually count, all takes away from my enjoyment of the game. I want to celebrate the big play as it happens. I can't do that right now

I think reviews destroy the integrity of sport.
It is a human performance including the evaluation of it.

I'd rather see better training an instruction for officials.

 

[RegDunlop]

Removing the two line pass damaged the game. It took away areas of contention, reduced board play, limited defensemen being able to stand up at their blueline and dramatically increased the weak stick fouls.

The worst failing was that by removing those areas of physical contention, it took a whole subset of players who relied on physicality and grit to persevere and deemphasized their value. Those players had that "heart and soul" tag more often than not, and the game has lost a lot of those admirable attributes and replaced them with video game hockey.

Not bad take.
I love the speed, but hate the non physicality at times of today's game.

 

[kmart]

i hate every jersey that is not standard home/away... because when you watch a highlight or just a review a few years ago, it makes it harder to recognize the teams playing.

 

[pucksakes666]

Hockey coverage in Canada should go back to TSN.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

Hockey coverage in Canada should go back to TSN.

Wrong thread?

Edit: I guess it would be controversial if you thought they should literally get back the hockey coverage despite lacking it's rights but if you're just talking merit I think everyone agrees.

 

[Crabapple]

I'll stay topical, the Babcock/Marner list story is not that big of a deal, and coaches will continue to do shitty things like that to try and manipulate their players.

 

[PaddyMcStackin]

In a shootout, attacking players should have 5 or 6 seconds to release the puck.

 

[Rempe73]

That none of this matters. We are spending enormous amounts of time (and some money) watching and discussing essentially the same things over and over again. That we have no control over. We hate guys that have a different colored shirt than “our guys” and hate other teams based on location (yea I know there are plenty of different reasons why someone chooses to like a team but that’s the main one). Yet, when the guy we hate is on our team, we love him. But at the end of the day, I find enough enjoyment in this sport that I let those thoughts go. This and boxing are the only sports I like. I never watch other sports.

 

[Sam Spade]

The regular Season is more meaningful and interesting than the playoffs. In my opinion the best Team is the one WHO eins the regular season. Luck is simply to big a factor in Hockey. Playoff beards are extremely Bad for the Promotion and Public recognition of Hockey.

As a Capitals fan I approve this post.

 

[Rempe73]

Oh, and I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with being an equal fan of more than one team. I’m not this way, but I really don’t care.

 

[Master P]

Players should have to go back to wood sticks.

 

[pucksakes666]

Players should have to go back to wood sticks.

Goalies should wear 80's size equipment

 

[Master P]

Goalies should wear 80's size equipment

If they go back to wood sticks then sure. I'm very curious to see how styles would change if they went back to an older style. The technology today should be able to make sure the equipment is safe as well.

 

[pucksakes666]

If they go back to wood sticks then sure. I'm very curious to see how styles would change if they went back to an older style. The technology today should be able to make sure the equipment is safe as well.

Goalies would be coming out the top of the circles again they would have to play more athletic.

 

[Butch 19]

Trapezoid should be reversed, (can play it where you can’t now and can’t play it where u can now, other than to cover it say). I believe it would make the dump and chase game much more effective and exciting, and would help out offense.

The trapezoid functions 100% as intended.

That's a good thing.

 

[Butch 19]

Goalies should wear 80's size equipment

... with leather water-soaked pads

 

[Artanis]

Draft lottery is rigged.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Lidstrom is the best dman of all-time.

Canada had no business winning the 1972 Summit Series against the USSR.

 

[Mantis]

Unless it is already a 5 on 3 if you break your stick just go to the bench and get a new one instead of skating around your own end being useless. It only takes a few seconds and your team should be able to adapt.

 

[JETZZZ]

You might want to double check the calendar. You're agreeing to MORE summer days of hockey. Playoffs are over by the summer solstice and hockey starting in September, like it does October, would have almost 3 weeks of summer.

Thats fine. Still want Sept-May.

 

[Sentinel]

The league should contract to about 22 teams. The lack of talent is killing it.