Getzlaf dive of the year. (Gif and YT in OP)

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Not a dive, just a very awkward losing the balance by Getzlaf. Hilariously stupid for a NHL player, but I don't think he was trying to get a penalty here.

P.S. I don't like Getzlaf or the Ducks much.

Yes, it was a dive.

I understand there was contact and he was losing his balance. But why not drop to his knees and get back up?

There's no reasonable explanation for why he throws his right leg up in the air like that other than a dive. A toe pick doesn't cause that. He just would've fallen forward. (I should know from toe picking way more than I'm proud of).

For the record I don't think Getzlaf is a notorious diver. But this one was.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Getzlaf is a lot better skater than I am, and even losing my balance I would've gone down more gracefully than that and gotten up quicker had I wanted to.

Classic HF post right there.

I'm sure you would have been VERY graceful when busting your ass on the ice.

Though I'm enjoying the extents to which people will go to explain away a pretty clear dive.

It's so clear that nearly everyone but you is looking at it and saying "meh, dude fell down."

 

[Sojourn]

I think it was just an awkward fall. People can look funny when they try to maintain their balance, especially when they fail to do so.

 

[Northland Wild Man]

10-10-10-10 and a 9.5 from the Russian judge

 

[la patineuse]

If you're trying to maintain or regain your balance, typically you don't shoot your right leg out from under you and launch yourself forward.

It was a dive.

I wonder if it'll take the league as long to respond to the diving epidemic as it did clutching and grabbing.

Yeah, the league should look at the epidemic of diving, except that Getzlaf doesn't usually dive, so what's the point in saying something like this in this thread?

Like the Red Wings don't dive.

 

[Chfan]

How is that a dive? I really don't like Getzlaf but that was nothing compared to Neal's.

 

[bminucci]

This was just an awkward fall. Looks like he was leaning too far forward after the contact from Phaneuf.

 

[Aqualung]

I don't think it's a dive either. Seems like he hilariously loses his balance moving forward.

This has happened to me too.

 

[Menzinger]

So classy

 

[izzy]

Yes, it was a dive.

I understand there was contact and he was losing his balance. But why not drop to his knees and get back up?

There's no reasonable explanation for why he throws his right leg up in the air like that other than a dive. A toe pick doesn't cause that. He just would've fallen forward. (I should know from toe picking way more than I'm proud of).

For the record I don't think Getzlaf is a notorious diver. But this one was.

Oh man.. Not every fall is the same, he clearly thought he could keep himself up and ended up going down awkwardly.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Yes, it was a dive.

I understand there was contact and he was losing his balance. But why not drop to his knees and get back up?

There's no reasonable explanation for why he throws his right leg up in the air like that other than a dive. A toe pick doesn't cause that. He just would've fallen forward. (I should know from toe picking way more than I'm proud of).

For the record I don't think Getzlaf is a notorious diver. But this one was.

if he were diving, why would he make it so obvious?
he didn't dive, sometimes i wonder if people here ever played before

 

[Quarter]

I could tell he dove from the 300s.

I expect better from Getz.

 

[rh71]

can't even make a joke about tripping over the blue line...

I'm a decent skater and this was easily a dive... you just don't fall forward with your leg way up like that unless you propelled it up yourself, which is exactly what he did. Phaneuf certainly didn't do it.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Looks like he just lost his balance

 

[Commander Clueless]

Getzlaf clapping for the Kessel goal was way funnier. Just sayin'.


That applause was dripping with derisiveness.

 

[Sojourn]

can't even make a joke about tripping over the blue line...

I'm a decent skater and this was easily a dive... you just don't fall forward with your leg way up like that unless you propelled it up yourself, which is exactly what he did.

You do when you try to maintain your balance, and you fail. It was an awkward fall.

 

[tfong]

Looks like a really hilarious balance issue there.

 

[Get North]

You can see his left hand try to keep him up. I like Getzlaf and I don't even think it is a dive, he could have done a worse impression if he really wanted to dive.

 

[Bandit]

"An attempt to buy a call by a cagy veteran" - Brian Hayward

 

[ManOnTheMoon]

The exaggerated fall is from him overcompensating to try to keep balance.

Same kind of fall as this. Looks exaggerated but it is not intentional.

Don't think I'd compare the two. Ruutu trips Phaneuf, and I don't doubt for a second that it took Phaneuf completely by surprise. I don't think he was trying to get a call, he was trying to fight Sharko and got embarrassed by the more veteran player.

On topic, it looked like an awkward fall. Not nearly enough to call that a dive by Getz.

 

[George Binks]

This is absolutely ridiculous, I hate having to deal with Toronto

 

[Legionnaire]

That was not a dive. This thread disappoints.

 

[Legionnaire]

Looks like a really hilarious balance issue there.

Exactly.

 

[Ohashi_Jouzu*]

if he were diving, why would he make it so obvious?
he didn't dive, sometimes i wonder if people here ever played before

The way he kicks his legs up in the back, there's no way he wasn't. They could put this video in the e-dictionary entry for diving, lol.

 

[Timo Time]

Good on him for just accepting the fact he was going to fall face first because he was completely off balance. Funny nonetheless.