Kevin27NYI
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It's been part of hockey forever just leave it the hell alone.
some of the responses in here I find quite pathetic. get rid of the handshake? Don't let us get access because you think nothing interesting is ever said?
Pretty obvious to be able to tell who's played competitive sports and who has spent their whole life on the couch just watching.
pretty obvious many of us have and know what actually happens in a handshake line after the game is over based off the responses
nearly everyone knows that its all fake, they dont mean half the stuff they say. they just spent seven games cheap-shotting someone, dirty jabs and pushes after the whistle. they hate their guts, want them to lose so much and you think they all of a sudden after game is over go oh great job cheapshotting me, oh great job kicking my butt out there, oh great job beating us and crushing my dreams.
its all fake, they are mad and they only do it because they have too
are you gonna go out and say oh good game bud after someone cheap shots you? no
are you gonna go out and say oh congrats after you have your dreams crushed? no
There is literally no downside to this idea. If you don't want to watch it then don't watch it. There's plenty of people who would watch extended coverage of the handshake line, myself included.
every single word you just wrote is complete and total bullcrap.
Lol that must be it. Actually, I can't tell if your the "macho man who plays competitive sports" or the couch potato. If you've been in a hard fought series, handshake lines are BS. See Billy Smith, Shane Doan, Lucic etc.some of the responses in here I find quite pathetic. get rid of the handshake? Don't let us get access because you think nothing interesting is ever said?
Pretty obvious to be able to tell who's played competitive sports and who has spent their whole life on the couch just watching.
Not a fan of the handshake line. I hate how the media plays it out "Look the respect these 'warriors' have for each other after a brutal playoff series!"
Ugh...
Sure, it's fine when you see legitimate sportsmanship between two former teammates, brothers, etc. but of the handshake is phony.
Why do I need to watch two guys give each other halfhearted handshakes with the loser saying "good luck?" Players shouldn't be forced or at least not shamed into handshakes. Not sure why everyone needs to see a guy from a winning team (who could have been a POS the whole series) with a s*** eating grin shake hands with the loser?
I guess the handshakes is some form of validation for the fans so that they can tell themselves that hockey is a game of "respect."
pretty obvious many of us have and know what actually happens in a handshake line after the game is over based off the responses
nearly everyone knows that its all fake, they dont mean half the stuff they say. they just spent seven games cheap-shotting someone, dirty jabs and pushes after the whistle. they hate their guts, want them to lose so much and you think they all of a sudden after game is over go oh great job cheapshotting me, oh great job kicking my butt out there, oh great job beating us and crushing my dreams.
its all fake, they are mad and they only do it because they have too
are you gonna go out and say oh good game bud after someone cheap shots you? no
are you gonna go out and say oh congrats after you have your dreams crushed? no