Drytoast
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- Sep 27, 2017
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I'll actually agree with you on the diving/embellishment, there does seem to be more of that.
The instigator rule should be revoked. Let players settle it on the ice.
That said, IMO the game is better today than ever. The number of players with high end skill, puck control, speed, hard hitting is miles ahead of where it was.
Bobby Orr, the Canadiens of the 1970's were bright spots in an era that really had a lot of boring games.
One of the worst things that happened to hockey was the Broad Street Bullies, that was not hockey.
Things have been streamlined now to the point it's boring. All goalies look and play the same. All forwards do the same moves, it's just some can do it slightly better. Same with defense men. Nobody does anything really out of the box, except maybe on break ways...during the all star game. And ya never really see end to enders or players just able to dangle through 5 guys before scoring.
I miss there being a large skill gap, so we could see some outrageously beautiful plays.
The game has become drywall. Where every team looks the same. Sure it's faster, and the average skill level is higher...and the separation between most of these teams is slight. But this progression would have happened with or without the game being sold to the united states market.
I could watch games like this all day. And this was just a regular season division rival game...
Ya got high scoring, high fights...a lot of character. (Bester was a midget goalie, Hanlon had that god awful mask)
No diving, no cheap shit like Marchand or Kadri...
Players actually had a dislike for the other team because trades were less frequent and they were not all friends in the offseason.
The commentating was better...(miss ya prime Cole, Harry Neal)
Yup. Game's become homogenized drywall in comparison. Higher skill, but everyone looks and plays the same. It's safe, and has a broader appeal. And from where I'm sitting, I don't find that more entertaining or a better version of hockey.
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