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

[DearDiary]

Makar = Tells ref to call off the powerplay
Zegres = Lies then whines defending his lie

 

[North Cole]

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.

Sounds like you had some moronic coaches. The puck had moved on, the last thing you want to do is create a scene and leave it up the refs discretion of which player to send off, especially in the game managed NHL. Easier to let go of your stick and point out that he has your stick, especially in the O-zone.

No idea what your second paragraph has to do with anything, they weren't in a scrum and Zegras isn't scoring from behind his own blueline because a Dallas forward lost his stick. A guy having to use two hands to wrestle the stick out of your hands is in no way comparable to some guy stick lifting you and you losing your stick lmao.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Baby Face Zegras

 

[jonu]

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

Last time I saw a toxic masculinity shit take like this was when Granlund did a michigan at the worlds and there were posts like "Can't do that in the NHL boy, you will lose your head if you do that."

 

[Leonardo87]

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

Meh, Zegras is just a 21 yo sophomore in the league that needs to mature, both physically and mentally. He is far from the leadership on this Ducks team. I thought the whole thing was pretty funny, no harm no foul.

 

[BLNY]

Peter Stastny likely feels slightly vindicated. I can't find the video at the moment, but it reminds me of the time his stick got stolen and he went into the opponents bench to try and retrieve it. He got a penalty for his efforts lol.

Not Even Some My-Sticking Helps Kings

At least give the Kings points for inventiveness.

www.latimes.com

 

[BringTheReign]

Last time I saw a toxic masculinity shit take like this was when Granlund did a michigan at the worlds and there were posts like "Can't do that in the NHL boy, you will lose your head if you do that."

Ah yes, toxically masculine when I'm indirectly defending the guy known for pulling Michigans and alley oop passes in the NHL (which I have no problem with). Toxically masculine would've been suggesting Zegras relive the Beagle situation over again, which was also bullshit from the Coyotes. Kiviranta got the better outcome of the situation with the penalty drawn, good on him, but you shouldn't be letting someone take your stick from you.

 

[Fig]

With Zegras' typical bedazzling stick handling wizardry, I was half expecting him to stick check the opponents stick upwards into his own hands or something neat...

But this was good too.

 

[Leonardo87]

This was pretty funny…

 

[Sky04]

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.

Then why did they make the right call?

Oh right cause the Leafs lost in the first round for the upteenth time.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Then why did they make the right call?
Oh right cause the Leafs lost in the first round for the upteenth time.

Nobody said they never make the right call. The point is that officiating incompetence promotes players trying garbage like this in the first place. Not sure what the Leafs have to do with anything, but I'm not surprised that a Lightning fan sees nothing wrong with officiating. I guess it's hard to acknowledge the faults of guys who win series for you.

 

[Sky04]

Nobody said they never make the right call. The point is that officiating incompetence promotes players trying garbage like this in the first place. Not sure what the Leafs have to do with anything, but I'm not surprised that a Lightning fan sees nothing wrong with officiating. I guess it's hard to acknowledge the faults of guys who win series for you.

Do you ever acknowledge the guys who win a series for..... oh wait.

 

[featherhawk]

the official should have given Zegras the 2 minute penalty and added a Game misconduct

 

[Primary Assist]

Would be funny if it was a goalie stick and he still pleaded innocent

 

[Master P]

Would be funny if it was a goalie stick and he still pleaded innocent

I hope I see this happen in my lifetime.

 

[Voight]

Dude is from Westchester right? Probably told the refs ‘You can’t do this. Do you have any idea who my father is?’

"My father will have your job!"

 

[Faceboner]

This... This is comedy achieved

 

[Master P]

Makar = Tells ref to call off the powerplay
Zegres = Lies then whines defending his lie

Makar = Tells ref to call off the powerplay because he was worried about getting called for a dive.
Zegras = Lies then has funny interview about his play and jokes about getting caught.

The least you could do is spell his name right.

 

[ohcomeonref]

A bunch of thin skinned weirdo comments here.

 

[DearDiary]

Makar = Tells ref to call off the powerplay because he was worried about getting called for a dive.
Zegras = Lies then has funny interview about his play and jokes about getting caught.

The least you could do is spell his name right.

There was no call for embellishment on the play, are you implying he feared the refs would have huddled to make a call later?

He was probably worried about being called out by the media and fans, hence his interview to save face.

 

[tarheelhockey]

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 not like Zegras just snatched it out of his hand. He had to wrestle it away and then turned his whole torso so that Kiviranta only had the butt end to hold onto.

At that point, the only way Kiviranta can get it back is by jumping Zegras. What's the point of that? He would almost certainly get a penalty in the process, rather than Zegras getting the world's most obvious and objectively-provable penalty. At some level, if a guy is going to do an insane thing right in front of the ref then it's best to just keep giving him rope to hang himself. That's not soft play, it's sane play.

 

[Terry Yake]

There was no call for embellishment on the play, are you implying he feared the refs would have huddled to make a call later?

He was probably worried about being called out by the media and fans, hence his interview to save face.

lol why would media and fans be calling out zegras for something that's more comedy than anything?

lighten up

 

[tarheelhockey]

No more mystery

TBH this interview saves a lot of face for him, at least in my eyes. Sure he did a dumb thing and told a very dumb lie, but he also has the self awareness to laugh at his own stupidity.

 

[blundluntman]

Lmao @ him saying he found it on the ice. That'll definitely be in the end-of-the-year bloopers video

 

[tarheelhockey]

Lmao @ him saying he found it on the ice. That'll definitely be in the end-of-the-year bloopers video

He looked like he felt dumb just trying to explain it. Moments like this are a reminder that these guys are barely older than teenagers.