**** Official 2024-25 NHL Thread ****

[Bearcat]

[Otter]

Just a side note: If you're not over 70 in 2025 you should really realize that you're are probably on camera every given moment let alone if skating in an enclosed arena in an NHL rink in the playoffs.

I was going to draw an exaggerated penis on my co-workers white board in his office but then looked up and saw a camera then thought better of it.

Always assume you're on camera. That's some nancy boy shit he pulled.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

There was a thread mentioning some discussion on TV about whether the NHL has a serious flopping/embellishment issue, and that it was even before Jamie Benn murdered himself skating into a stick.

I get it to some extent... nothing was called on this crosscheck to the back of the neck, should MacKinnon have flailed and thrown his stick in agony?

OTOH, some of the shit is well beyond calling out an obvious penalty, like of course Benn putting on the clown suit for a call.

None of it matters a ton on who wins this series specifically, it's just really ****ing obnoxious on what's called and what isn't, just to see fake penalties on top of the other inconsistencies.

There was no penalty called after Hintz crosschecked MacKinnon in the back of the head
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I thought the x-check to the back of Mckinnon's neck should've been called.


They really need to nip the whole flopping thing in the bud asap before hockey becomes the NBA or FIFA. or soccer at any level, really, it's gotten that bad. HS coaches are teaching kids how to flop.

Hockey is supposed to be a man's sport, flopping goes completely against the grain. If they don't deal with it now, the NHL will eventually become as unwatchable as the NBA.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

The Florida Panthers are gooning it up, as usual

Bunch of dirty ****s and the NHL is complicit.