Does anyone else hate hockey slang?

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Love it... It's an easy way to tell who are real players right away

 

[Beville]

Guess you must hate ‘On the Bench’ then

It’s juat something for the kids isn’t it, like almost all other types of slang.

No biggy, it’s jusr tryinf to make out what some of those words mean every now and again

 

[Sauce12]

Every f***ing nickname ending in "zy" or "er" is just so lame. Other than that, I'm okay with most of the hockey slang, except chel.

 

[heynowbababooey]

Let's chel it up bud.

 

[EdJovanovski]

It’s supposed to be cheesy, I think hockey has a more unique & fun slang than other sports

 

[Voodoo Child]

I like it better than NBA slang, aka "Has LeBron passed Jordan as the goat?".

Michael Jordan has as many NBA Finals MVP awards as Leb***h has...NBA Finals appearances.

Also ten times as many scoring titles.

 

[BlueDream]

Yep, the majority of it sounds so dumb.

 

[Thread The Needle]

I save my hate for people

 

[Rabid Ranger]

It depends on which try hard media type says it..

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

Ever noticed how players never took a knee and fistpumped after goals more than 10 years ago?

 

[BrockLobster]

Chel really bothers me

What does chel mean?

 

[Ms Maggie]

I don't hate it. Don't really think about it.

 

[Braunbaer]

Everything in hockey talks seems to be 'obvious'. Begs for a question why they even interview players when everything is always so damn obvious.

Also, everyone is always excited.

Gets traded from a contender in a cool city to a bottom-feeder like Buffalo.
"Yeah, I'm obviously very excited to play here"

 

[Stand Witness]

meh, when the guys who actually made it to the pros (or some sort of pros) then I feel like it fits. I don't really think most of the superstar guys really use it all that often.

Its more the guy who played like jr B/C or the guy who played a few seasons in the CHL and never made it that seem to be a bit annoying with it. Kind of comes across as douchebag culture but thats just my opinion.

As someone who has been around guys who have played at different levels, the better players actually seemed to be a bit more tame with their use of hockey culture things.

** I should add, I'm all for personality and actually promote that. I don't think these two topics are one in the same though, or at least from my experience.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

beauty

This is the only one I really can’t stand.

 

[RageQuit77]

Also, everyone is always excited.

Gets traded from a contender in a cool city to a bottom-feeder like Buffalo.
"Yeah, I'm obviously very excited to play here"

Lol. True. Obviously.

As a norm they are no PhD of Literacy on arrival. In best cases they earn some serious bucks a half decade or so, and then they do what every hockey player should do (if they still can). LMAO!

 

[Sureves]

OP is such a pidgeon

 

[Lunatik]

Silky mitts, celly, etc.

There's some that I'm ok with like "top shelf". But most of it is just so damn corny that it hurts. It's the opposite of cool. Mind you, I'm not quite down with the culture of other sports either. I don't think a choreographed celebration is necessary any time a touchdown happens in the NFL. But, the hockey slang seems like it's out of touch with young people today, maybe other than in some parts of Canada. And don't get me wrong I criticize millennials enough, but if the sport is to ever grow I don't know how corny slang used today will help. I cringe every time I hear this stuff.

Most things said these days is downright stupid. That said, I'm sure my parents thought things I said were downright stupid too.

 

[Bedards Dad]

“Bar down” sounds stupid.

And stuff like “throwing shade.”

Bar down literally describes an action.

 

[coupe89]

Yes

 

[Jacob]

Bar down literally describes an action.

It sounds stupid.

 

[Bedards Dad]

Ever noticed how players never took a knee and fistpumped after goals more than 10 years ago?

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

only one i cant stand is celly...sounds like a 50 year old trying to be cool.

and as someone who grew up in baseball, slang is normal. It's also fun

can of corn, texas leaguer, bronx cheer, bandbox, golden sombrero, frozen rope, nightcap, etc

 

[AK87]

Doesn't bother me as much as people on the forum using nicknames for players. With the exception of McDavid of course because Mc-Anything sounds bad ***

 

[Nizdizzle]

What does chel mean?

NHL "N - H - CHEL"

I haven't been hip for quite some time, but I think thats how kids refer to the NHL 18 games.

"Wanna play Chel after school?"