What’s your unpopular hockey opinion?

[End on a Hinote]

But bertuzzi's wasn't a "play", it was a purposeful attack and that's the difference.

Purposeful, yes. But with the same intent as, say, a stick wacking across the shin to get the players attention to fight. It just went terribly wrong.

 

[duga]

There should be more players like Semin, and less players like Crosby.

IMO Hockey entertainment died a little bit and will probably never be the same again, when this soft, but weirdly stubborn and unique wizzard and ubersniper lost his legs, back, wrist and consequently the ease in his game.


There's nobody around anymore to dare to show us how hockey could be played alternatively.

 

[Kennedys]

The Arizona Coyoyes, the Florida Panthers, the Carolina Hurricanes, the Ottawa Senators and the NewYork Islanders should be relocated (or just shut down).

 

[Joe Rogan]

Remove the netting at each end of the rink to force people to keep their heads up instead of down on their phones like it used to be pre-2000.

The SJ Barracuda AHL team should be moved to Stockton or Sacramento.

Death of Brittanie Cecil - Wikipedia

 

[Whiston532]

Personally I find the idea that players literally need to be able to beat each other up to prevent each other from trying to injure each other really bizarre. Maybe I’m missing some nuance to it but all the other sports seem to function well without having players try to beat each other up to “police each other”.

Also every time I see a “this is why hockey players are special” over a hockey player doing something nice to a fan or a charity or whatever I kinda cringe. Like yeah it’s a great thing I won’t take that away. But I honestly see football players (don’t follow mlb or nba) doing the exact same stuff just as much.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

The Arizona Coyoyes, the Florida Panthers, the Carolina Hurricanes, the Ottawa Senators and the NewYork Islanders should be relocated (or just shut down).

I think The op was looking for unpopular opinions. Not ones that have been popular among certain fan bases forever .

 

[Machinehead]

Offense wins championships.

RFA's should generally make more than UFA's because they're generally more valuable. The "proving yourself" culture is just a way for older players to hog the money past the years they're worth it.

 

[Machinehead]

Oh, also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with tanking, just let the worst team pick first, and it doesn't need to be "fixed."

 

[Machinehead]

- I like Doc Emerick, and very much prefer him to a Joe Buck type announcer

You want another one?

Doc Emrick is better than Bob Cole and I will wrestle every single person in Canada about it.

 

[cowboy82nd]

I think The op was looking for unpopular opinions. Not ones that have been popular among certain fan bases forever .

That's not a popular opinion for me.

 

[Machinehead]

2. I would rather get rid of divisions and just have two conferences.
Top eight teams in each conference make the playoffs. I think
the current playoff format is over complicated.

Don't think this is unpopular.

But I guess that also means you're probably right.

 

[General Disarray]

The Arizona Coyoyes, the Florida Panthers, the Carolina Hurricanes, the Ottawa Senators and the NewYork Islanders should be relocated (or just shut down).

I'd try to keep Arizona in Phoenix if they can get a good owner and downtown arena, but yes to the others and you can add WInnipeg too.

I don't personally wish that on Ottawa or Winnipeg to happen, but if it does, I wouldn't argue it.

 

[mike14]

Teams should be able to build their rinks to whatever size they want (within set parameters) so that there's real home-ice advantage, and you see teams build squads the suit their ice surface (wider rink = speedier teams etc)

 

[Pyrophorus]

Oh boy some cringe worthy opinions in here

Some aren't even opinions.

 

[Pyrophorus]

So, are you telling me that the Leafs don't have fans that live outside of Toronto?

This was his trip-up. I live outside Toronto.
I met about 30 fans this past week here.
Over a month ago, I met a whole bunch in Cambridge.

There there are the coast to coasters, who a residuals of when they were in the original six.

 

[Pyrophorus]

I can't find agreement with my contention that the Bruins are too old to get to the SC finals in 2020. The Blues showed them up. Fasten on Chara, Bergeron,, and Krejci who date back to the last century, and Marchand I particularly like the last few Hab draftees, such as Poehling, Caufield, Rrimeau, and Struble. The only new contender is Florida, which will surely displace Boston.

I'm with you.

 

[Kevs Security]

Unpopular opinion? Canucks skate logo is one of the best. Sabres bison head and Phoenix coyotes logo are nice as well. Always liked that design.

 

[Teamplaya]

I know. But no one knows what San Jose is. San Francisco is the popular and famous city. It's all the same area anyway.

Christ on a bike... So with this in mind, how do you feel about Raleigh, Anaheim, Sunrise, Columbus, or even Edmonton or Calgary? Do we fleece stable, competitive markets depending on whether people can point them out on a map? What counts as famous? On top of that, Getting to SF from SJ is probably an hour in the very least, and that's just getting into the city. And yeah, what if they don't know? Why rip a franchise away from a large, stable market for a smaller one that's more famous, will more people come to the famous city? Your logic is obtuse. Those of us in the South bay love our hockey, and are glad to support the franchise, regardless of whether our city springs to peoples minds right away.

 

[Machinehead]

I know. But no one knows what San Jose is. San Francisco is the popular and famous city. It's all the same area anyway.

There's like 11 (or whatever we're up to now) sports franchises in the New York metro area and only the Rangers and Knicks play in what people think is "New York".

This is a non-point.

There's zero reason to relocate a successful team in a nice arena to different arena.

 

[bobholly39]

Oh, also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with tanking, just let the worst team pick first, and it doesn't need to be "fixed."

Connor McDavid is due as a prospect at the 2020 draft.

There is no lottery - worst team gets him.

Can you imagine all the crazy that would happen this year?

At least a lottery is a bit of a failsafe

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Relocate Minnesota because I'm not good at geography. A+.

 

[Machinehead]

Connor McDavid is due as a prospect at the 2020 draft.

There is no lottery - worst team gets him.

Can you imagine all the crazy that would happen this year?

At least a lottery is a bit of a failsafe

Sounds like a blast to me.

 

[18leafsfan18]

"Toughness" is completely overrated in today's game.

Before anyone just jumps all over me for saying this, it's not "just because i'm a Leafs fan".

 

[bobholly39]

Sounds like a blast to me.

Would be fun for sure but it would be bad for the sport/league.

 

[bobholly39]

5v5 points are completely meaningless to me.

If Ovechkin scores 80 overall points and it includes 60 power play points, and if Matthews scores 78 overall points and it includes 20 power play points, all else being equal give me Ovechkin > Matthews, since 80 > 78. What's the difference? A point is a point.

Also - p/60. Again almost completely meaningless.

If Matthews scores 75 points playing 15 mins, and McDavid scores 100 points playing 20 mins. You can't say "p/60 is equal, so they're equal". No. Because the truth is - if Matthews gets bumped up to 20 mins a game, he won't score 100 points. Will he score more than 75? Sure. Maybe 81? 82? maybe 85? Similarly - if McDavid is bumped down to 15mins a game - he won't go down from 100 points to 75 points. Will he score less than 100? Sure, maybe. Maybe he ends up with 97, or 94. But not 75.

ps - just using names and made up number to explain my point - not meaning to pick on any players.