Well, I guess they could moon the opposition instead.It's fun but wouldn't have hurt to have a little more originality than just ripping off Iceland. More power to them though.
I mean Iceland did it in the most watched sporting event in the entire world, so it's not exactly obscure.How am I supposed to know what they do in ICELAND?!?
And if they do this, what, they called dibs!? no one can ever do this except them, in the whole world??
You mean like something like jumping into the boards or pretending to kayak around on the ice?No dibs, just would be even cooler if they came up with something on their own or at least added a little twist.
Yeah, definitely not as cool as throwing waffles on the ice like they do in real hockey markets.I assume your talking about Detroit? Detroit is not a real hockey city either. They can't even fill up their arena. They are cringey as well with thier "hockeytown" name and the octopus nonsense. Atleast it has some background (8 wins to win the Stanley cup or something like that back in the day)
Sounds like it
You’re entitled to react to it however you want to. I think it’s incredibly goofy and would feel embarrassed doing it if I was forced to participate because I was on the team...but it’s nice to see athletes enjoying themselves.
These guys get to play a game for a career because of how incredible they are, so what would be worse than seeing that money sap the game of the joy & emotion that we all played for? That’s why I love silly stuff like this that gives the NHL the tiniest smidgeon of personality...even if I find the form these kids choose to express that joy in, odd...despite how much the hockey powers-that-be hate personality & fun. You’re free to disagree but I think that taking the emotion out of sports is always a disservice.
There’s just something supremely disonant about listening to someone like captain-serious Jonathan Toews talk about a children’s game with the seriousness of a commando who’s about to get dropped into the jungles of Myanmar to protect Muslim refugees from ethnic cleansing. Like his family would be put to death if Toews ever let himself emote.
interesting why silly things piss off old people.
but just as interesting to see how silly childish things really seem to be embraced by the millennial culture.
not sure why that is...but the sillier and more ridiculous, the more it seems to be embraced by the inner child.
As someone who had to go through some of the things necessary to make it as a pro-athlete I can sympathize with anyone who feels that way though even if we on the outside find THAT silly too. I can tell you from first hand experience that you give up a lot of quality of life just to achieve that.
Sure comparing somebody with soldiers (I don't think he did that) is silly, but as I said, there is a lot of physical and psychological stuff you go through as a child who is slated to become a "pro". And if I'd see some of these other kids go the other way and just act as if it all just be taking less serious , then I can see some getting offended by it. Maybe professional sports is not their thing. You can have just as much "fun" in Sunday/beer leagues.
On the other side of the medal you have something like this:
This is ingrained in South African football and it looks silly but.. "they are having fun". We haven't gotten there yet and I don't think we will, but I'd hate to watch the hockey equivalent of this.
I think I'm okay with it as long as the whole team is reciting the standard "they've got a great team and we got some lucky bounces tonight" while they are fake rowing their fake canoe.
After watching Douggie do the Fortnite dance:
I hope they win enough to become dicks about it.Are they going to keep celebrating with their fans after each win?
Is that a serious question?
They better keep winning or it will look like they're up shit creek without a paddle.C'mon man, they were fake rowing fake kayaks!
interesting why silly things piss off old people.
but just as interesting to see how silly childish things really seem to be embraced by the millennial culture.
not sure why that is...but the sillier and more ridiculous, the more it seems to be embraced by the inner child.
It's the Backpack Kid dance from Ellen though.
I wish Canucks ban watching Ellen until morale improves.