Unpopular opinion: Regular season hockey is better than playoff hockey?

[SnowblindNYR]

I know this is sacrilegious and there are some thing that playoff hockey is better for. For the most part playoff hockey is more intense and harder hitting. However, I feel like we lost a lot of the creativity from the game because of how tightly the game is played. You rarely get to see the creative plays that you see in the regular season. In the playoffs most goals are garbage goals. Now, that's true of the regular season too, but not to the same extent.

Anyone agree?

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[Edmonton East]

No.

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[PenguinMario]

 

[smackdaddy]

Yeah who likes hockey turned up to 11 anyway??

 

[KirkOut]

Yeah and the bread and butter you get when you sit down at the steakhouse is better than the filet mignon you order

 

[Del Preston]

 

[Foppberg]

Ha....

 

[Hockeygod66]

No sorry the regular season is boring

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Yeah and the bread and butter you get when you sit down at the steakhouse is better than the filet mignon you order

I strongly disagree with OP's genuine statement, but I actually agree with your sarcastic statement. There's nothing better than carbs.

 

[King'sPawn]

I agree 100% that it's an unpopular opinion. Otherwise, no.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I did say it was unpopular...

 

[JTmillerForA1stLOL]

 

[GoJetsGo55]

Ya done messed up A A Ron

 

[Givememoneyback]

Most honest thread title on HFBoards?

 

[Oliewud]

No. Not at all. I love playoff hockey. They kill each other.

 

[The Examiner]

I know this is sacrilegious and there are some thing that playoff hockey is better for. For the most part playoff hockey is more intense and harder hitting. However, I feel like we lost a lot of the creativity from the game because of how tightly the game is played. You rarely get to see the creative plays that you see in the regular season. In the playoffs most goals are garbage goals. Now, that's true of the regular season too, but not to the same extent.

Anyone agree?

When a player manages to do something creative, it's that much more special. This is hawkey, not figure skating.

This is why I don't care if the game grows and we get new fans.

 

[Pi]

Watch McDavid in an hour from now against the Sharks and tell me that with a straight face.

Playoff hockey >>>> regular season. Yeah it gets tight but they is also a ton of hits, shots, and goals. There are a lot of high scoring teams in the playoffs. You will see a lot of fireworks tomorrow.

 

[Safarite]

Even if you think the games themselves are not as "entertaining," shouldn't the fact that every single goal and every single game means something by default make the games more enjoyable? Or at least be more intriguing?

I dunno, I can't get behind this opinion at all. To each their own I guess

 

[Falco Lombardi]

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[DeflatedFootball7]

The only people I can see having this opinion are people who only watch games for the fights, or puck bunnies who only watch for certain players.

Sure it's cool that the regular season has scoring titles, but playoff hockey will always be superior.

 

[Stuzchuk]

it's not unpopular, it's simply impossible to say in the same sentence

 

[The Macho King]

 

[Holocene]

lol **** no

1st round of the playoffs is the most exciting hockey.

 

[Martinez]

I prefer the intensity. Playoffs have a lot of creativity too

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Playoff OT.

That is really all that needs to be said. No 3-on-3, shootouts, etc. That, in and of itself, invalidates any opinion that says regular season > playoffs.