Words NHL fans need to remove from their vocabulary

"Finish your check"

Literally, that means hitting players even if they don't have the puck anymore. Which is the exact definition of interference.

 

I COULD care less.

 

Generational, underrated, overrated, COVID cup

 

I agree except I think maybe 10-15 years instead of 25, because a hockey career / generation doesn't last 25 years.

 

"Best male athlete"

 

It would be huge if players removed “you know” from their vocabulary. For Sure.

 

I agree, but I think the meaning of it has changed. It used to mean any player, at any skill level, who spent his whole career with one franchise. But now it means any super elite player.

 

Really nothing wrong with Franchise or celle

EA has little do with a term franchise player

It means it's a guy you build around and sign long term. Figure it out

Also celle is just slang for celebration . Get over it

 

A guy had five offside in a game , sounds great.

 

Whenever commentators use the term "real estate" to describe how certain hockey players manage to generate more space on the ice.

Also, can we stop labeling human beings as "products"?

Example: [hockey player's name]: a [university/college] product.

 

I'd say 'hyperbole' is probably the most overused word in the entire sport.

 

When did it ever mean that?

 

Funguses? Really?

 

So agreed.

 

A guy was offside five times in a game.

 

True but why can't it be plural

They also probably use so and so or a team had whatever amount of offsides to save time talking so they can jam it in before play or a commercial starts.

 

the word cringe....i hate it lol

or binge for that matter...that word use to be marathon,
when did that word got changed to binge????

 

Asterisk - everyone is on a similar playing field and no one cheated. Let it go.

Generational - these guys come around every 5-10 years at best. Not 2.

 

It's just annoying

 

People were spoiled by Gretzky, Lemieux, and Hasek all playing at once. Made then think generational talents were a routine occurrence. The math says, it may be 30-40 years before we see another true generational talent

 

Some commentators use baffling terminology

“Waffleboarding”— this is why I would’ve preferred Gary Thorne and Bill Clement since like forever

“paddle” - when referring to a goalie’s stick

 

This morning I went outsides to take out the trash. The bin is besides my shed. My wife stayed insides with my son.

That's how ridiculous it sounds when someone says "that play was offsides"/ "he was offsides"

 

Rule 83.1 NHL rule book lists it as off-side

 

I can't believe I just read 273 posts and my biggest pet peeve wasn't listed.

COMPLEMENTARY

It means that a player complements another player, and works well with them.

COMPLIMENTARY

It means that a player says a lot of nice things about other people, giving out compliments.

There are literally hundreds of complimentary players out there according to HFers when in reality there's just Wayne Gretzky.

 

Using your stance above "he is off on his sides" is weird. A player only has one side of the blue line they are called off-side on