What's Your Most Controversial Hockey Opinion?

[Hockeyfan2390]

I hate when commentators say that a goaltender had no chance to stop a shot.

 

[Straight Fire]

I think the current OT and shootout format, along with the point system is almost perfect.

The only slight tweak I'd make is stopping play in OT after a penalty is killed once play enters the neutral zone. The reason being I've seen it often where minutes go on and on at 4 on 4, effectively eliminating 3 on 3 play, which is a) better at completing the game with a winner in OT, and b) is more exciting.

 

[LeafGrief]

I like the behind the net powerplay camera angle.

 

[Jets2point0]

Byfuglien is a piece of crap and a bad leader

 

[cowboy82nd]

Ovechkin isn't that good. Nobody wants to be the team to give him 700 and he's now goalless in 5 straight. Teams are actually playing defense on him now. Instead of leaving him wide open for no reason and letting him score the same goals over and over again. 31% of his goals are on the PP. Majority of them are scored the same way. Caps are 1-4 in those 5 games. So the notion of game planning or playing defense on Ovi would open it up for others is false. 1-4. Stop leaving him wide open all game and the Caps aren't that good.

Imagine if teams played defense like this on him on a nightly basis. Instead of letting him have a free skate at the left dot. He would have 300 goals right now tops.

WOW SouthGeorge!! It sounds like you hate Ovi alot. Did he steal your girlfriend or something. Or do you just hate the fact that some people say that Ovi is better than your favorite player?

 

[GMofOilers]

More then 16 teams should make the playoffs.

 

[SouthGeorge]

WOW SouthGeorge!! It sounds like you hate Ovi alot. Did he steal your girlfriend or something. Or do you just hate the fact that some people say that Ovi is better than your favorite player?

Last 6 games with teams not wanting to let him score 700.... 1 goal and the Caps are 1-4-1. If teams played him like this his whole career you could slash his goal total in half.

Also, he lost his defensive responsibility in OT last night and reason they lost.

 

[Jeffrey Pedler]

The term skilled player is thrown around way too much. Every player in the league has skills, some just have a different skillset than others.

 

[lottster14]

Social media era has been a hindrance to the game, particularly each team having a twitter account

There should be a way to watch games without commentary and only on ice/crowd sounds.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Last 6 games with teams not wanting to let him score 700.... 1 goal and the Caps are 1-4-1. If teams played him like this his whole career you could slash his goal total in half.

Also, he lost his defensive responsibility in OT last night and reason they lost.

Isn't it amazing that teams just didn't bother defending Ovechkin for the last 14 years?

 

[SouthGeorge]

Isn't it amazing that teams just didn't bother defending Ovechkin for the last 14 years?

Yeah it is, I don't get it either.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Yeah it is, I don't get it either.

That must be a familiar feeling for you.

 

[LuckyDay]

Social media era has been a hindrance to the game, particularly each team having a twitter account

There should be a way to watch games without commentary and only on ice/crowd sounds.

how are either of these controversial? That's like saying On Glass and On Ice ads are annoying and distracting (which is the point I guess) or you should be able to turn off graphics like the score or the stream at the bottom of the screen if there is one.

 

[LuckyDay]

More then 16 teams should make the playoffs.

how about all the teams making the playoffs? The math works out as soon as Seattle gets in.

 

[LuckyDay]

We should return to more divisional play - especially back to back.

The couple of years Bettman did that, the teams started to really hate each other and were at each others throats.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Canadians are treated the worst, and have it the hardest, of all the fanbases

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

I like the behind the net powerplay camera angle.

Idk why this angle makes me dizzy. I hate it.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Fighting reduces violence in hockey.

But the NCAA isn't know as a dirty bloodthirsty league.

 

[InfinityIggy]

That the difference between the best goalie in the NHL and some of the 'worst' isn't actually a very large gap, and that systems (coaching style as well) have a lot more to do with goalie success over the course of their careers. This is true at slightly lower levels of pro hockey as well. (AHL, KHL)

By this same token, it makes it more difficult for goalies in lesser leagues to break into the NHL which is compounded by the fact teams can only reasonably carry two, three at most, goalies on their NHL roster and give them opportunities. This means that something approximating the best ~62 NA goalies being in the NHL at a time, never ever happens.

I believe this also explains why some teams are so called 'goalie graveyards', while others are able to develop successful NHL goalies fairly frequently.

There are of course exceptions to this rule for the very best of the best, elite goalies.

 

[ciderfylla]

I think fights are a bad joke that should've been removed from the sport a long time ago.

 

[FoxyClean]

Igor Shesterkin is already the best goalie in the world.

 

[PuckThumper11]

Get rid of offsides.

I would love that, tbh. One interruption after another...

 

[PuckThumper11]

About 99% of the games are boring.....

....the NHL is a boring league. Hockey is a boring game, outside a couple plays a game.

We, as hockey fans, make fun of the amount of actual "playing" time in Football and Baseball.

But is the NHL any better? I'd say the plays worth watching are significantly less in the NHL than other sports.

Hell, the NBA has end to end slam dunks and alley oops the whole damn game.

I can't agree at all.

Hockey moves a lot- a HELL of a lot.

There are penalties and interruptions which to me is the worst part of any sport, although unfortunately needed.

Still, when you get like ten minutes of uninterrupted ice time, I love it. The back and forth and struggle for the puck and cool offensive and defensive moves. It's like pirates at sea battling for a golden puck. Truly awesome. And the other sports feature running. Hockey gives you gliding which is way more fun to watch for me.

But hey.

Agree to disagree although I wouldn't be posting on a forum about a sport I found boring.

 

[jc17]

Each game contains way more luck than most hockey fans admit

 

[SillyRabbit]

The vast majority of ex-players have no business working for NHL organizations in any sort of management position after they retire.

These men have a high school education, no business or professional work experience and have spent the better part of two decades having their head bumped around.

I wouldn't trust them to do my taxes, let alone run a half billion dollar franchise.