Biggest pet peeve plays?

[Cloned]

Personally, I hate it when players stop their own teammates' clearing attempts or passes at the defensive blue line trying to make a play with pressure on them. What usually happens is a bad turnover and a high danger scoring chance against.

Just let the puck get out and live to fight another day. It's like they don't have any awareness of the situation or the pressure around them. Annoying as all hell.

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[K Fleur]

I hate when a player tries to stand an opposing player up at the blueline after they've dumped in the puck. It's interference and I want to see it called every time.

 

[syz]

Low percentage shots in overtime.

 

[Cloned]

Low percentage shots in overtime.

I can understand that though, if you're dead tired. A shot is better than trying to force a play when everyone on the ice is also dead tired (including the goalie).

 

[Ezekial]

Watching the Red Wings, perpetual icings. Gotta be near/at the top of the league.

 

[Cloned]

Watching the Red Wings, perpetual icings. Gotta be near/at the top of the league.

I don't understand why defensemen don't reset the play more if nothing is open and they have time. Seems like every team has abandoned puck possession in the neutral zone in favour of chipping it in and establishing the forecheck.

I'd reset the play perpetually until something is open, if the opponent isn't pressuring me.

 

[Seanaconda]

Surprised there isn't more mention of either blind drop passes or drop passes that completely ignore the pick point of one.


Mine is I guess when a guy takes a bad angle shot and wrings it out of the zone . Extra points on the power play

 

[Machinehead]

The chip off the boards into oblivion when you have time and space to make a better play.

AKA The Girardi.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Drop passing to a person in the neutral zone on the power play.

 

[TrufleShufle]

Ragging the puck up by one goal, constantly going for the wrap around, and spamming RB, just to name a few.

 

[Cloned]

Ragging the puck up by one goal, constantly going for the wrap around, and spamming RB, just to name a few.

Short side wristers all day.

 

[Agent Zub]

Drop passing to a person in the neutral zone on the power play.

lol why

i assume you mean on the rush? theres a reason why every team runs that play

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

lol why

i assume you mean on the rush? theres a reason why every team runs that play

Well, you see, when the Oilers do it, it leads to nothing but pain and misery, that's why.

 

[canadianmagpie]

On the powerplay, regardless of what is in front of the player with the puck, always doing a drop pass to the trailer. Especially when I know this can happen:

 

[Kcb12345]

1. Passing too much to try and go for the pretty play

2. Shots right into the goalies stomach that kill a play

 

[Uncle]

dmen has the puck in the neutral zone, his team is changing and he dumps the puck in instead of holding possession and waiting until change is done.

 

[Calad]

Drop passing to a person in the neutral zone on the power play.

Came here to say this. It was created as a way to combat the trap, now its used for what reason exactly? It kills all speed/momentum while entering the zone

 

[Oddbob]

Surprised there isn't more mention of either blind drop passes or drop passes that completely ignore the pick point of one.


Mine is I guess when a guy takes a bad angle shot and wrings it out of the zone . Extra points on the power play

Playing off this, mine is the newer age drop pass setup on the powerplay. I think Detroit started doing it, and now so many teams do it, and I hated it from the get go. One in a while to mix it up is fine, but as a teams go to move to get in the offensive zone on the PP, I hate it. So predictable anymore.

 

[PurpleMouse]

Hate that PP drop pass as well. Do the stats back up that it works, because I don't see it.

 

[Mathew Barzal]

Defenseman who literally stop skating in their own zone and then try to force breakout passes after telegraphing what they plan to do with the puck.

 

[saluki]

That errant slapshot that misses the net on the short side and often leads to a break the other way off of the carom.

I know its unavoidable but it still drives me nuts. You have to know when to take that shot.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Players/teams not being aware when they're on the pp and there's another delayed call, so they keep playing with the puck.

I've seen teams waste far too long. Someone should be aware, screaming as if someone is going to kill them to get attention to fire the puck at on net/pass it to the other team.

5 on 3 is way better than a 6 on 4

 

[Huck Cheever]

Player chips puck past defending player

Defending player uses himself as a blatant pick

 

[Aladyyn]

Point shots without the specific purpose of getting them tipped

Phil Housley broke me

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

A great shift with a ton of offensive zone pressure that ends with a defenseman taking a weak shot from the point that goes right to the goalie's chest.