Gustav Nyquist & Vincent Trocheck fined $2,000 each for diving

[Panteras]

The key to the equation is to get indignant.

So....get a roughing call against ?

 

[TopShelfYzerman]

Lost a lot of respect for nyquist after his dive.

Then you must have lost respect for some of the biggest names in the game like Ovi, Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Giroux, Sedins, Kane, Phaneuf, Brown, etc.

I think embellishment is more prevalent than you realize, not that it makes it right.

 

[GoodKnight]

Pretty sure at least 75% of players currently playing in the NHL have embellished at one point, and 100% of them would do it if they knew it would draw a penalty. It's a pretty natural reaction in sports to nurse calls from the refs, this isn't new to hockey, been happening for decades

 

[Aceonfire*]

Wait, when did Nyquist dive? I don't even remember him diving in recent memory.

He dove last night.

A love tap hit his thigh and he went down. Ref called it a trip.

He may have just lost an edge but it was still a ridiculous call.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

They're doing the right thing, maybe more $$$ just for the fun.

 

[DanZ]

He dove last night.

A love tap hit his thigh and he went down. Ref called it a trip.

He may have just lost an edge but it was still a ridiculous call.

He clearly lost an edge. No player would dive when he could have easily had a breakaway.

 

[RECCE]

The league **** the bed from the get go when they introduced the rule.

They called the dive and the phantom infraction as well, should have just been calling the dive from the start.

 

[aemoreira1981]

The NHL needs to have a DoPD (Department of Player Diving) within DoPS to suspend players for diving to send a message. Then diving will stop.

Still not as bad as this one at the start of the year.

Should have been #8, WSH, 2 minutes for embezzlement.

 

[Oxidized Guacamole]

Can we have a compendium thread for dives where they can all be seen, rated for style, etc? At the end of the season, everyone could vote on the DOTY. Just a suggestion.

 

[canadianmagpie]

That Trochek one is embarrassing, how was that not posted on here?

Plays for Florida and in a game against Washington.

If he played for Montreal and were playing against Boston, then you would have had many, many posts.

 

[Six Assets]

Trochek



Nyquist

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/B6ET5qtCcAA7o7p.mp4

pathetic

 

[hototogisu]

Can we have a compendium thread for dives where they can all be seen, rated for style, etc? At the end of the season, everyone could vote on the DOTY. Just a suggestion.

We have, in the past. Those threads turn into wastelands of trolling, baiting and flaming (people are extremely sensitive about their favorite players being called divers, it seems) and lead to no productive discussions so theyre no longer allowed.

 

[WaltWhitman]

I have zero tolerance for hockey players acting. Head snaps, dives, embellishment etc.

Its the antithesis of what I like about hockey.

And no it hasn't always been like this. It's become commonplace to embellish.

 

[Terry Yake]

That Trochek one is embarrassing, how was that not posted on here?

because panthers

that's right up there with neal's dive. pathetic

 

[FLpanthers16]

because panthers

that's right up there with neal's dive. pathetic

Not really close.

 

[Blue Line Turnover]

Nyquist fined for diving

I think that it's great for the game for these kind of things to happen. I'm not sure how many fines have been issued for unsportsmanlike behaviour in the past, but it seems as if it hasn't occurred frequently enough.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=747491&navid=nhl:topheads

 

[chupanibre]

haha, it looked like the dead fish celebration

 

[TheAngryHank]

And you don't stop! [ just checking the user name ]

 

[Frederick Stanley]

That was called a penalty on the ice?

 

[nmbr_24]

The problem is the NHL doesn't call obvious stick infractions. So players have to dive in order for them to "sell" the call better. Players shouldn't be diving, of course, but the NHL officials are still part of the problem.

The problem is this way of thinking. Did you ever hear the saying "two wrongs don't make a right"?

I can't count how many dives I have seen over the years where there was no stick infraction and no infraction at all. I can't count the times a player has held another players stick under his arm and fallen down, in the past things like that would happen too many times in one game to count with some teams.

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

The Nyquist dive was bad but I'm not sure how he got the warning in that NJ game. Clearly lost an edge.

 

[iwtb*]

Not really close.

Yes. It's even worse.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

glad they called out nyquist on that one.
i remembed watching that game .
that call almost turned the game around.

not only did he dive . but he actually initiated the dive by putting his legs around the stick. pathrtic and wordt of the 2 dives

 

[Oxidized Guacamole]

We have, in the past. Those threads turn into wastelands of trolling, baiting and flaming (people are extremely sensitive about their favorite players being called divers, it seems) and lead to no productive discussions so theyre no longer allowed.

Bummer! And I was going to nominate a guy from my home team (Kunitz). But I understand I guess.