Words NHL fans need to remove from their vocabulary

[Hollywood3]

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"

I see what you mean. Your wife should have taken out the trash.

 

[WatchfulElm]

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

No I don't have an issue with it actually. I just find it funny that we use different words to describe what is in fact tolerated interference.

 

[frisco]

Sorry, if these have been mentioned:

Momentum.

Hard on the puck.

Manage the puck.

Good stick.

Truculent.

Game changer.

Change of scenery.

References and euphemisms for "playing golf" as failure to win in or make the playoffs.

Zone Entry/Exit.

Holy Mackinaw.

Must win.

Sudden death in regular season OT when one team gets a point.

My Best-Carey

 

[NyQuil]

“Trap game”

We already have the “trap” as a defensive strategy.

Losing to a team lower in the standings happens all the time. No need for a special term.

 

[4thline]

No I don't have an issue with it actually. I just find it funny that we use different words to describe what is in fact tolerated interference.

It's not "tolerated interference." By being within the window of an allowable check it isn't interference

 

[frisco]

Loser point. It doesn't exist.

Worse yet: Looser point.

My Best-Carey

 

[NobleSix]

Any teenager hockey slang to be honest. Hearing the words "celly", "twig", "apple" etc from ~50 year old commentators on TV has got to be my biggest trigger for second hand embarrassment.

I mean, hearing it from 16 year old wannabe douchebags is one thing, even understandable really, but from grown men? Just embarrassing.

 

[DonM]

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.

Your Americanness clouds your judgement here I'm afraid.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

He is the next (project to be/similar to) Brendan Gallagher
He is the next (project to be/similar to) Patrice Bergeron

 

[RobRayzor]

I hate when people spell defenceman or defence instead of defenseman or defense. (yes i know both are theoretically correct)
Fencing is an olympic sport where 2 people use foil.

 

[4thline]

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.

He says, sitting insides his home.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

He says, sitting insides his home.

Inside wouldn’t be a countable in that case, so nose.

 

[Shinjuku Calling]

Basically all hockey slang is unbelievably embarrassing and needs to be dropped.

 

[DannyGallivan]

#4 Celly: this one just bothers me, no other reason

Yeah, I don't know why that bothers me, but whenever I hear anybody saying it, it just sounds "douchey".

And whenever I hear a sportscaster (especially Dutchyshen) use the word "dangle", it just sounds creepy.

 

[DannyGallivan]

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

# "He plays on the edge": Let's not put a spin on it. That's just an excuse some people use for a dirty player.

 

[4thline]

Your Americanness clouds your judgement here I'm afraid.

No need to throw shade at a country, I've heard plenty of Canadians new to the sport make the same mistake.

 

[DrewGl]

I want to demand complete silenced during all games. Shut down this board as well. Problem solved.

 

[Dexter Colt]

Some would say the OP's views are offsides, but I personally celly his opinion. A generational take from a franchise poster if I've ever seen one.

AINEC.

 

[mrhockey193195]

"BPA" when talking about drafting. Literally means nothing since none of us know the organizations lists.

I don't mind this one so much because I think the context is very clear. It's saying "don't draft a player in a position of need if you think another player at a different position is better".

 

[Canadian Game]

Offsides. A player goes offside, not offsides. The team was called offside, not offsides. These are probably the same people who say “expecially” when they mean to say especially.

I also noticed that American broadcasts have recently been using the term “wheel” a lot. “He wheels the puck up the ice”. It’s already a very tired term.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

Dig Deep'
110%'
Offsides cringe

and 100 more I can't think of right now and I don't want them back in my head.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

What's wrong with franchise player? Cornerstone of a franchise. Every team should have one, but they don't.

Because people will start thinking every team should have one and Calgary and Ottawa will get very uncomfortable.

 

[beowulf]

I agree with 2 and 3. I have never heard anyone use 4 and as for the 1st one, well depends on the sentence, if you are talking about multiple instances. No?

 

[SladeWilson23]

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

Off-sides can be used as a plural.

The visiting team was guilty of 10 offsides in the game.

 

[I am not exposed]

Calling an assist an apple.

Calling the puck a biscuit.