Words NHL fans need to remove from their vocabulary

[4thline]

"Finish your check"

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

Nope, it means to not turn away if you're within the ~sticklength of the player that makes it not interference. But to do so almost always means committing to the check, and committing to the check while being able to close the gap without exposing your lane makes someone a damn effective forechecker

 

[DonM]

"Best male athlete"

True. Should just be best athlete. Very redundant.

 

[Channelcat]

Sheltered minutes

 

[Ratsreign]

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

Thorne and Clement were great together. My favorite announcing duo.
Emrick always said waffle board, maybe even came up with it. Old school blockers all had the “dots” on them like Driedger’s retro set. Kind of, sort of, looked like a waffle. The paddle of the goalie’s stick, the wide part resembles a paddle for a canoe.

 

[kaptaink]

I think offsides is actually more technically "correct" than offside, it's just become less common in North American English (esp. in hockey parlance) over the decades. But I would not say it's wrong, or discourage anyone from saying it.

Wondering how you feel offsides is "more technically correct"?
A player is whistled for an off-side play, singular. A player skates past one blue line for an off-side, again singular. NHL rule 83.1 lists it as off-side, no plural

 

[CaptBrannigan]

I think the trend that celly is born from is unfortunately spreading. When I worked in a shop tendy, chesty, warmies, praccy, and conky all started popping up. Between that and adding -sy to everyone’s last name, hockey players are starting to sound like toddlers.


I can rationalize both offside and with the -s, but I think the singular is more correct.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Yes please to no more Celly and Generational. And any cheddar references as well.

Also "keep your head up" in response to an obviously illegal hit. It shows up so often in those threads you'd think people were using it sarcastically but they usually aren't.

 

[Puckstop40]

Lossless

 

[WatchfulElm]

Nope, it means to not turn away if you're within the ~sticklength of the player that makes it not interference. But to do so almost always means committing to the check, and committing to the check while being able to close the gap without exposing your lane makes someone a damn effective forechecker

That's a very fancy way to describe interference.

 

[OKR]

Haha it's what the team and reporters call him too!

I don't think it's going away. Most people don't seem able to spell his name either

KK for Kotkaniemi makes absolutely no sense. His initials are JK, ”Kotka” literally means ”Eagle” so makes absolutely no sense to shorten it as KK either. There are multiple actual KK’s in the league so it’s not just stupid but also confusing.

Like these current players all come in my mind before Kotkaniemi when talking about KK :

Kirill Kaprizov
Kaapo Kakko
Kaapo Kähkönen
Kasperi Kapanen
Kasimir Kaskisuo
Keith Kinkaid
Keegan Kolesar
Karson Kuhlman

And then we decide to call someone named Jesperi Kotkaniemi KK? That’s absolutely terrible.

 

[bacon25]

Cerebral

 

[robertocarlos]

Shell.

 

[tvilling]

Drives me nuts how often certain words get thrown around, so let's start a list of words not to use anymore


#1 Offsides: it's offside singular
#2 Generational: these players come around once in a while, not every year
#3 Franchise Player: this isn't EA
#4 Celly: this one just bothers me, no other reason

Clip from: Bart the General

 

[NyQuil]

The word "discomfort" is used far too often by announcers during play.

"Looks like he's in some discomfort."

"That will cause some discomfort."

I think of like, a lumpy bed when I think of discomfort.

Discomfort is when you've got a piece of leftover steak stuck between your teeth and you have no floss or toothpick around.

I had discomfort when I was on a plane for awhile and all of the bathrooms were occupied by like an hour.

He just took a puck to the 'nads. He's in -pain-.

 

[J bo Jeans]

The hate towards Celly here is eye-opening. I guarantee your favourite player today has used that word in the last week. All your favourite athletes are "bros" except in front of the camera.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Is this like a recent hockey thing? Like 2014 recent? I've been involved in sports and on this board for a long time and never had I heard the word "celly" other than here on hfboards. I almost want to say it has it's origin here especially given that it seems like such a forced and extremely silly abbreviation

Bwhahahhahahahaha wat?

The term "celly" came from EA sports games as far back as NBAive98 =D =D =D

But now it originated here

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
don't stop posting

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

Elite 4th/3rd liner.

 

[NyQuil]

"Glue guy".

"Straw that stirs the drink."

 

[sufferer]

idk about fans, but I think NHL players need to remove "you know" from their vocabulary.

Verbal filler

 

[4thline]

That's a very fancy way to describe interference.

So your issue isn't with the term "finishing your check," it's with the rules of the game.

 

[CanadasTeam]

"Game Management" --Tim Peel

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Is it just terms at this place?

I once got into a heated debate/argument where a poster here said he was qualified to GM a real NHl team because he won three cups in NHL2K.

 

[NyQuil]

Verbal filler

"For sure" is another one.

I still love this response by Erik Karlsson because the journalist was expecting the usual platitude agreement answer.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Wondering how you feel offsides is "more technically correct"?
A player is whistled for an off-side play, singular. A player skates past one blue line for an off-side, again singular. NHL rule 83.1 lists it as off-side, no plural

But there are two sides to the line man, so you are off on your sides. Because the puck carrier also factors in, so it’s plural, it’s collective, it’s a team sport. Offsides as in you two were in sides off from one another, therefore whistle.

This is the hill I die on.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

Verbal filler

And I would prefer silence to verbal filler.