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[Hischier and Hughes]

Theres a reason you dont see any other franchise doing anything even remotely similar

 

[Quarter]

no it makes it look stupid. no league does this garbage.. imagine tom brady playing duck duck goose after a game

You must only watch the NHL then. Which is fine; there's nothing wrong with that. Plenty of leagues in plenty of sports do "garbage" like "this" though. Soccer and football in particular. Hell, remember when the Rangers were the only team to salute fans after home games? Now it's the norm around the league and has reached the point where there was a massive controversy in Toronto because the Leafs didn't acknowledge the crowd after a single game.

If a salute can become infectious in North American hockey circles I don't see why stuff like this can't either.

EDIT: Or was the salute acceptable because it was the Rangers who "came up with it"? I just want to cover all the bases and make sure.

 

[sandysan]

He's an idiot for making insults.



Now you're making strawman arguments because nobody said anything of his influence.

"he's irrelevant" was offered more than once.

so there is that

 

[SaskCanesFan]

"he's irrelevant" was offered more than once.

so there is that

And while you keep coming back, you've still failed to Adress how he's influencing the game. Only been asked 4-5 times now

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Theres a reason you dont see any other franchise doing anything even remotely similar

Saluting the fans wasn't a thing until the Rangers started it. Then other teams saw the positive effect it had and followed suit. Just because it's not being done doesn't mean it's not worth looking into.

 

[Habaneros]

They’re having their best season in 12 years since they started this.....

and just remind yourself..they won a Stanley Cup without doing it...lol

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Saluting the fans wasn't a thing until the Rangers started it. Then other teams saw the positive effect it had and followed suit. Just because it's not being done doesn't mean it's not worth looking into.

Theres a drastic difference between raising your stick to say 'thanks' and having your entire team playing duck duck goose

No one will follow in Carolina's footsteps outside of maybe on Kids night

 

[Joe McGrath]

and just remind yourself..they won a Stanley Cup without doing it...lol

So has literally every other Stanley Cup champion. And every other team that’s come in dead last. And everyone in between.

 

[v00d00daddy]

I can understand that some think it is stupid--totally disagree, but stupid is subjective. Selfish has some objectivity. Since the celebrations are 1)about the fans, and 2) involve the entire team, Webster's would not use them as an example of selfish.

Sorry...I wasn’t clear. I don’t think the canes celebrations are selfish. I just meant that I’m afraid that encouraging this kind of behaviour may open the door for more and more gimmicky stuff. That could make selfish stuff ok as long as it entertains.

(Like dunking on guys in basketball and standing over them like they’ve destroyed them or scoring a td and pulling sharpies out of nowhere)

 

[PensandCaps]

Sorry...I wasn’t clear. I don’t think the canes celebrations are selfish. I just meant that I’m afraid that encouraging th
is kind of behaviour may open the door for more and more gimmicky stuff. That could make selfish stuff ok as long as it entertains.

(Like dunking on guys in basketball and standing over them like they’ve destroyed them or scoring a td and pulling sharpies out of nowhere)

I hope Carolina sets a precedent.

They need to start doing some creative goal celebrations.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Well, other than Elias Lindholm's little hissy fit (which likely was because he ws booed for no reason by Carolina fans), I haven't seen any negative reaction from other teams towards the Canes over this. If they didn't like it- I think you'd see retribution on the ice against them, which you don't see.

I predict we'll see another team break out with something similar (probably Vegas or the like) and then it'll be game on and Cherry will swallow his own tongue like Hannibal Lecter's neighbor did.

I mean for christsakes, we have baseball players flipping their bats and showing up pitchers to their face, we have football players pantomiming wiping their asses with the football or a host of other weird crap after scoring, once again IN THE FACE of the other team, yet people think that having some fun after the game when the other team is off the ice is bad.

 

[Habaneros]

I hope Carolina sets a precedent.

They need to start doing some creative goal celebrations.

just a few steps away from a WWE NHL...sell it to Vince ...lol

XHL

 

[Habaneros]

A nice heated playoff series...this could be a spark for a brawl...

 

[BKarchitect]

Since my team sucks right now, I’m all in on Hurricanes versus Vegas in the Cup Finals. The meltdown here would be epic. Some people would probably stop following hockey they’d be so aghast and have their morality so offended. Sounds good to me. Buh bye.

 

[PensandCaps]

just a few steps away from a WWE NHL...sell it to Vince ...lol

XHL

NFL and NBA does way more whacky stuff.

This is nothing.

NFL had guys playing hide and seek after a TD.

Their ratings and league interest were the highest last season.

The NBA keeps growing and growing due to the game OFF court.

NHL needs to adapt and become way more interesting or they'll be left in the dust.

Carolina and Gritty is a good start.

 

[King Mapes]

I said it in the other thread, this (the bad press about the celebrations) is exactly what Tom Dundon wants. Nobody has talked about Carolina in February in probably 10 years. The fans like it, the team is having fun, the attendance is rising, and the press is talking about it.

That's just it. They do it to bring attention to the team and it's working. That's all this is. A publicity stunt. Cherry continually bringing this up will only keep it going.

 

[Habaneros]

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NFL and NBA does way more whacky stuff.

This is nothing.

NFL had guys playing hide and seek after a TD.

Their ratings and league interest were the highest last season.

The NBA keeps growing and growing due to the game OFF court.

NHL needs to adapt and become way more interesting or they'll be left in the dust.

Carolina and Gritty is a good start.

why does NHL need to adopt NFL celebrations....

Why stop there..let the players wear face paint...and masks to make them their own brand...


Lets turn it into Disney on Ice...

 

[Habaneros]

That's just it. They do it to bring attention to the team and it's working. That's all this is. A publicity stunt. Cherry continually bringing this up will only keep it going.

some team will take exception in playoffs after a hard battle ..emotions run high...there will be a big brawl......NHL will step in ...

 

[King Mapes]

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why does NHL need to adopt NFL celebrations....

Why stop there..let the players wear face paint...and masks to make them their own brand...


Lets turn it into Disney on Ice...

Way to Miss the point.

Rather NHL should xontinue doing what they're doing and be left way behind other sports leagues.

 

[Habaneros]

Way to Miss the point.

Rather NHL should xontinue doing what they're doing and be left way behind other sports leagues.

This stuffs already been done ..in KHL...

 

[Roboturner913]

some team will take exception in playoffs after a hard battle ..emotions run high...there will be a big brawl......NHL will step in ...

So the visiting team is going to go to the locker room, then come back out 2-3 minutes after the game is over, see the celebration, and go back out on the ice and start a brawl?

Seems unlikely.

 

[stopclickbait]

So the visiting team is going to go to the locker room, then come back out 2-3 minutes after the game is over, see the celebration, and go back out on the ice and start a brawl?

Seems unlikely.

Heck let’s say the opposing team starts a brawl the next game. Carolina starts the game with a bunch of PPs opposing team loses for not being discipline celebration happens again rinse repeat.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Why stop there..let the players wear face paint...and masks to make them their own brand...

Ahhh that explains it. You’re stuck in the 50’s. Players have been wearing custom masks for a long, long time now.

 

[The Head Crusher]

As an Oilers fan and a fan of Cherry I would still wear it. That is awesome.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Theres a drastic difference between raising your stick to say 'thanks' and having your entire team playing duck duck goose

No one will follow in Carolina's footsteps outside of maybe on Kids night

I don’t know enough about the various markets around the league to make such a claim, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see other teams attempt personalized celebrations. Obviously, it’s not for all markets. For instance, from what I understand, much of the Montreal and Toronto crowd are composed of “suits”, so attempting that there might not go over as well. But Nashville, Vegas, San Jose, Colorado, Florida? I could see that working out.

I think starting next year, the Canes won’t stop the Storm Surge, but may limit it to 1-3 celebrations and rotate between them. Personally, I’m a big fan of the original, simply because it worked thematically. The players crashing against the boards like that mimicked waves crashing against a surface (hence the name Storm Surge).

I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see personalized salutes become a thing.