HF Boards has gotten soft

[BonMorrison]

This thread.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Granted I only showed up in 2009, but has it ever not been soft?

 

[snipes]

Preach my man. Agree with you 100%

 

[North Cole]

I blame all the Euros

Hey don, I'm heading to Kingston today. Can I get an autograph?

 

[g00n]

It's the same mentality that leads people to try and call in rules violations for televised golf tournaments. Knowitallism + haterade = concern thread.

 

[vancityluongo]

imagine unironically saying fans need to toughen up hahahah. ya bring back the internet tough guys to HFBoards

here i'll start

zdeno chara is a ***** id murk that guy in a fight don't @ me

 

[Rygu]

imagine unironically saying fans need to toughen up hahahah. ya bring back the internet tough guys to HFBoards

here i'll start

zdeno chara is a ***** id murk that guy in a fight don't @ me

Solid comparison. No, really.

 

[BonMorrison]

yo seriously bro i just want like the good ol days of violence and blood and rock music and life altering debilitating concussions that could ruin a human beings life, bro.

 

[Rygu]

yo seriously bro i just want like the good ol days of violence and blood and rock music and life altering debilitating concussions that could ruin a human beings life, bro.

I think the point was that people are calling for suspensions for every little slash and bodycheck. I'm pretty sure nobody is questioning blatant headshots.

 

[Sigh]

It's the same mentality that leads people to try and call in rules violations for televised golf tournaments. Knowitallism + haterade = concern thread.

Yup, but don't forget the all important moral high ground.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

Every ticky tack penalty seems to get a thread nowadays begging for a suspension. Give it a rest. This is the Stanley Cup Playoffs. You’re acting like soccer cry baby fans.

I support suspending players for illegal hits. But god damn give it a rest with all these threads. They’re usually minor penalties at most.

Let the boys play.

Couldn't agree more.
The majority of people on this board need to switch over to watching soccer. They clearly can't handle hockey's intensity and physicality.

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Coming soon....dystopian NHL

Pre season combine all players are separated by strength, size and ability and divided up equally among each team.

The following rules are now in effect:

mouthpieces will now limit ability to talk, no chirping allowed

If mouthpiece is removed to speak while on ice 2 min penalty

If opposing teams players feeling are hurt from said speech 5 min penalty

2 min for not trying to keep your opponent on his feet after accidental collision

5 min for intentional collision

2 min for touching sticks

5 min for stick to hands of opponent

gloves will now be fitted with down feather inserts to limit chaffing

length of player suspensions will now depend on emotional distress caused to fan base.

 

[BonMorrison]

I think the point was that people are calling for suspensions for every little slash and bodycheck. I'm pretty sure nobody is questioning blatant headshots.

Of course but the mentality that's being called out right now is because of a much larger discussion in regards to player safety. A safer league is going to come with some practices and one of them is fans being more attentive in actively calling out things that can affect safety even if it can be nitpicky. I don't actively actually believe anyone here wants to put the players in danger but having an attitude that promotes old style hockey is counter intuitive if we're all striving to protect the people on the ice that have to do this their whole life.

 

[easton117]

I blame the nhl. Just come out with a video montage of 1000 or so incidences of hacks, whacks, punches, slaps, hits, kisses (lol) that they’re going to be ok with. Should take about a day.

Release it to the public with a simple f*** you if you don’t like it. They’d weed out the concern trolls in a week.

 

[Viqsi]

Couldn't agree more.
The majority of people on this board need to switch over to watching soccer. They clearly can't handle hockey's intensity and physicality.

Given that it is a majority, perhaps it should be y'all switching to UFC.

 

[KingBran]

Thread kind of proves the point lol.

 

[cjm502]

I have been thinking the amount of "Possible Suspension?!?!" threads is pretty ridiculous.

 

[MoreOrr]

I blame all the Euros

But players get paid in US$, don't they?

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

figure skating is way better than hockey anyway, only nancy "men" who are frightened of spiders think otherwise

 

[SavedByRoy]

Even better is that the majority of the fanbases on HF seem to think the NHL has an agenda against them and is pulling the strings to screw them over. Or somebody in the league office hates their team due to playing for a rival in the past.

I've never once seen someone say "thankfully the NHL has our back against _____", or "let's see ____ try their garbage against us, the NHL will hook us up and punish them to the fullest."

LOL

 

[DegenX]

I think a lot of them are more about proclaiming the righteousness of their team in the face of the villainy of their rivals. Or to complain about the stripes and how they're the reason their team is losing. Maybe it's not so much about the actual play, or being 'soft' as much as it's a rant that's posted right after a play they don't like, then everybody jumps in to throw some shade. That's not to say that none of them are valid, or that the players shouldn't be responsible for their actions, but most of them seem to fall into the rage column. But, then again, maybe I'm just being cynical.

 

[vancityluongo]

people unironically whining about millenials or telling others to go watch soccer? this thread is peak hf

 

[Karl Eriksson]

To a certain segment of HF members, these forums are a giant Yelp review of the NHL . To be used exclusively to complain. Nothing positive to say ever.

 

[HockeyMomx2]

people unironically whining about millenials or telling others to go watch soccer? this thread is peak hf

No. The should Marchy be suspended for nothing thread is.

 

[duffy9748]

Society has gotten soft.