What’s your unpopular hockey opinion?

[SnizzMitch]

Clearly, Matthews was proof of that....

So Tavares is overrated because Matthews is signed for more than he’s worth?? You make no sense...

 

[mikeyfan]

make it a 2 minute delay of game on your 11th Icing of the period.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

Petterson is overrated to a nauseating extent. I have only seen him vs Panthers, and highlights. Watch those games and tell me what you see. Reminds me of Laine. He deserves the hype if he hits 100pts next season because that's the caliber of hype he's been receiving. Anything less than 82 and this circle jerk is ridiculous.

 

[All Mod Cons]

There should be no revenue sharing

There should be 2 tiers with promotion and relegation

Coaches challenges should be eradicated

Matthews is a top line player

Rielly is a top 4 dman

Tavares can still play in a team's top 6

Get rid of 5 teams

Draft order should be random each year regardless of standings

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

While I'm patriotic and a fan of all Canadian teams, Winnipeg should not have a team and thank God Hamilton didn't get one. Neither should Buffalo. Carolina needs to be in Charlotte and Sharks in San Fransisco. We can do without Anaheim too. Having these small market teams kind of cheapens NHL's image.

San Jose is the 10th most populated city in the United States of America.

 

[Teamplaya]

While I'm patriotic and a fan of all Canadian teams, Winnipeg should not have a team and thank God Hamilton didn't get one. Neither should Buffalo. Carolina needs to be in Charlotte and Sharks in San Fransisco. We can do without Anaheim too. Having these small market teams kind of cheapens NHL's image.

The irony here is that San Jose is the 10th largest city in the country, yet you want the Sharks moved to the 15th largest one for the sake of getting rid of small market teams? Hmmmmm

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Petterson is overrated to a nauseating extent. I have only seen him vs Panthers, and highlights. Watch those games and tell me what you see. Reminds me of Laine. He deserves the hype if he hits 100pts next season because that's the caliber of hype he's been receiving. Anything less than 82 and this circle jerk is ridiculous.

That why you watch more than 2 games. Pettersson and Laine are nothing alike.

 

[ottawa]

Draisaitl is good but his great stats are the product of McDavid.

McDavid doesn't need Drai to be elite...but Drai sure as heck needs McDavid.

 

[Just Linda]

Calgary and Tampa don't have 'mental fortitude' or 'playoff grit' issues as much as they have coaching issues.

Cooper is a good coach not a great one. I'd put him just below Maurice on a list of coach tiers, above average but not good enough to make a team into a champion.

Bill Peters though is awful, I've written about it quite a bit on here about how his system exposes goalies by not challenging the shooter (every goalie but one posted career worst numbers under him) among many many other complaints I have of his system. Even with better goalies, I think Calgary has seen their best hockey under Peters and will get knocked out quickly in the first round again.

 

[Just Linda]

Also I feel offsides need to be changed. I go back and forth on whether to eliminate them or not but definitely the less whistles in a game, the better and offsides is one of the harder ones to explain to casual fans.

 

[ottawa]

Ottawa is a non-hockey market and had only seen success due to the large amount of Habs fans and Leafs fans living in the city. Now that the Leafs are on the rise, those fans will shift back to the Leafs and now that the Habs are better than the sens, those fans will shift back to the Habs.

As bad as Melnyk is for the Sens, Habs & Leafs fans have been keeping this franchise alive and now that those fans no longer financially support the Sens, their attendance and revenue will drop like a lead balloon (hence the extremely poor attendance lately and multiple non-sellout playoff games).

 

[Todd from Leduc]

Draisaitl is the best deal in the league, top 5 center at $8.5 mil... NOTTA BIG DEAALLLLLLL!

 

[Skolman]

So Tavares is overrated because Matthews is signed for more than he’s worth?? You make no sense...

No, but your point about UFA compared to RFA is pretty irrelevant when you're talking about the Leafs.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

That why you watch more than 2 games. Pettersson and Laine are nothing alike.

I saw highlights and he has a 99mph slapshot. Reminds me of Laine. So does the rookie season GOAT hype.

 

[grapes55]

I don't have a problem with Bettman nor the lockouts, in fact every CBA I always hope the league/teams get as much as they can and hold out until they get it.

Sucks to have no NHL hockey for a long time, but it makes the game better IMO when the owners get their way.

It is definitely better when the billionaire owners get to keep more money in their pocket yes

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Calgary and Tampa don't have 'mental fortitude' or 'playoff grit' issues as much as they have coaching issues.

Cooper is a good coach not a great one. I'd put him just below Maurice on a list of coach tiers, above average but not good enough to make a team into a champion.

Bill Peters though is awful, I've written about it quite a bit on here about how his system exposes goalies by not challenging the shooter (every goalie but one posted career worst numbers under him) among many many other complaints I have of his system. Even with better goalies, I think Calgary has seen their best hockey under Peters and will get knocked out quickly in the first round again.

This is a good one. You don’t fail miserably like they did after the regular seasons they had because of a lack of “mental fortitude” or “playoff grit”. Those teams were systemically exposed and their coaches couldn’t adapt.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

I saw highlights and he has a 99mph slapshot. Reminds me of Laine. So does the rookie season GOAT hype.

Laine is a powerful shooter and a pure goal scorer. Pettersson is a pass first player who is very smart and deceptive.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Matthews is a top line player



Tavares can still play in a team's top 6

..who argues otherwise?

 

[North Cole]

something most would probably disagree with.

Like mines is ovechkin is overrated since his decline. But don’t @ me on it not trying to get into it.

Mine is that Ovechkin was a better player in his prime

 

[KahunWOW]

Nobody should be "untouchable". If you assume your player has a rating of 94 and you get back a package that is worth a 96 rating, you do that trade. Even if that means you have to trade McDavid or any other superstar. Cause franchise success > single player love.
I think most fans are really stupid with their thinking here.

 

[Huck Cheever]

You have to play or coach at a high level to have a respected opinion on the game of hockey.

We're the 1% of HF

 

[Mazatt]

Draisaitl is the best deal in the league, top 5 center at $8.5 mil... NOTTA BIG DEAALLLLLLL!

If only he actually played centre...

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Conferences should not exist. Every team plays against all the other teams two times, one home game and one away. The sixteen best go to playoffs.

 

[Foppberg]

Making the draft where it rewards the bubble teams rather than rewarding the bottom feeders would NOT ruin the parity of the league.

Says a Devils fan

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Draisaitl is a low end 1st line/high end 2nd line center (25th - 35th) when he is not riding shotgun to McDavid