Zegras gets an illegal stick penalty for stealing an opponent’s stick

[Dekes For Days]

When you have refs that suck, and are more concerned with game management than the rulebook, you get players who think they can get away with this blatant nonsense.

 

[TGWL]

Chill dude. If anything I’d be more embarrassed to be Kiviranta letting his stick be taken right out of his hands.

Yeah, the embarrassing part is another player grabbing your stick and pulling it from you...

Was it funny? Yeah. But he's also lucky the ref wasn't an ass back to him.

 

[BringTheReign]

Yeah, the embarrassing part is another player grabbing your stick and pulling it from you. Sure, bro.. Sure...

Any coach I had in AA/AAA would’ve had any player that let that happen to their stick doing line sprints or bag skates to start next practice. Coaches hate it when their players are soft when dealing with this type of “you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying” stuff. They’d be more mad about this than they’d get over letting hard passes explode off your blade upon receiving it because you weren’t ready/holding your stick right.

If you’re in a scrum where the ref doesn’t see another player knock your stick out of your hands because you’re not paying attention and then that player scores a goal because you can’t stick check them, are you just going to whine to the refs? Is an NHL coach going to give you a pass? Bobby Ryan did it much smarter than Zegras and scored a goal with the wrong stick for crying out loud.

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Kick him out of the league.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I would have thought that would be an unsportsmanlike penalty.

No issue with the call, you can't do that. Full mark for effort though.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

This needs to be a suspension, these guys are supposed to be role models for the children of our world.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Chill dude. If anything I’d be more embarrassed to be Kiviranta letting his stick be taken right out of his hands.

He drew a penalty, why would he be embarrassed? If a guy on the other team was trying to take my stick out of my hands and the official was right there watching, I'd let him have it.

To paraphrase an American colonel after the battle of Bunker Hill, "I'd be happy to sell him another stick at the same price."

 

[TageGod]

Any coach I had in AA/AAA would’ve had any player that let that happen to their stick doing line sprints or bag skates to start next practice. Coaches hate it when their players are soft when dealing with this type of “you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying” stuff. They’d be more mad about this than they’d get over letting hard passes explode off your blade upon receiving it because you weren’t ready/holding your stick right.

If you’re in a scrum where the ref doesn’t see another player knock your stick out of your hands because you’re not paying attention and then that player scores a goal because you can’t stick check them, are you just going to whine to the refs? Is an NHL coach going to give you a pass? Bobby Ryan did it much smarter than Zegras and scored a goal with the wrong stick for crying out loud.

Yeah I'm sure Anaheim coach is praising Zegras for taking a dumb penalty. How is someone soft for not expecting a player to steal the stick out of their hands lol. Tell me you are a Zegras fan without telling me you are.

 

[TGWL]

Any coach I had in AA/AAA would’ve had any player that let that happen to their stick doing line sprints or bag skates to start next practice. Coaches hate it when their players are soft when dealing with this type of “you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying” stuff. They’d be more mad about this than they’d get over letting hard passes explode off your blade upon receiving it because you weren’t ready/holding your stick right.

If you’re in a scrum where the ref doesn’t see another player knock your stick out of your hands because you’re not paying attention and then that player scores a goal because you can’t stick check them, are you just going to whine to the refs? Is an NHL coach going to give you a pass? Bobby Ryan did it much smarter than Zegras and scored a goal with the wrong stick for crying out loud.

It's 2023. He wasn't soft. The player ripped it out of his hands. And it got a penalty. But hey, go tell your coach you prefer to hold your stick and look tough instead of getting the powerplay.

Bobby Ryan didn't rip a players stick out of his hands. Bobby Ryan picked up a loose stick after his stick was taken from his hands.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I assume the plan was to score and then throw the stick into the crowd.

 

[nightonthesun]

Chill dude. If anything I’d be more embarrassed to be Kiviranta letting his stick be taken right out of his hands.

Why? He comes out of it drawing a penalty.

 

[stl76]

Hilarious, thanks for posting OP!

 

[NotCommitted]

Chill dude. If anything I’d be more embarrassed to be Kiviranta letting his stick be taken right out of his hands.

Did you even watch the video?

Funny stuff by Zegras though, was worth the penalty just for the laughs.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

That's f***ing hilarious. LMAO at people getting so upset over it in here

Zegras has developed a cult following of haters…. It’s kinda cute

 

[Terry Yake]

Ducks leadership at it's finest no wonder they blow.

zegras is not anywhere close to being a leader on this ducks team lmao

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

The only issue is he had the audacity to whine about the penalty call!

Otherwise a simple minor penalty and rather entertaining.

 

[614 CBJ]

league needed someone to replace PK

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

The only issue is he had the audacity to whine about the penalty call!

Otherwise a simple minor penalty and rather entertaining.

Embracing his villain arc…. Any good villains in the nhl act innocent when doing something dumb .

See tkachuk perry Marchand etc

 

[The Crypto Guy]

The only issue is he had the audacity to whine about the penalty call!

Otherwise a simple minor penalty and rather entertaining.

He was absolutely just playing stupid. He knew what he did lol.

 

[HanSolo]

No more mystery

 

[Little Psycho]

Ducks leadership at its finest no wonder they blow.

Ducks have had a weak leadership core for a long time. Getzlaf was never a good role model and then there was Perry which I’ll leave it there.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

He was absolutely just playing stupid. He knew what he did lol.

I'm not sure he was playing.

Pretty funny play but I'm not sure Zegras is the sharpest tool in the shed even among hockey players, which is saying something.

 

[Stony Curtis]

This is perfect! It's really funny, but also really douchebaggy. It can be both, y'know.

 

[Prairie Habs]

No more mystery

Disagree, this just opens up new mysteries. How does he not know holding your opponent's stick is a penalty? He must know it's a penalty when the other guys is still holding it, why would it stop being a penalty when you pull it out of his hands?

 

[Master P]

I hope he try's to do it every game. Can't believe there are people who think this is a big deal.