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The game is changing FAST, In more ways than one. In this video, we look at HOW this is happening & what this means for the future of the NHL & hockey as a whole.
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As someone who has been watching hockey for 50 years I like many of the new aspects of hockey with the exception of putting the puck on your stick lifting it up and shoveling it into the goal. Sorry it's bush league and shouldn't be allowed. It's hockey not lacrosse
I love the skill level these days. Sure we don't get the brawls like we used too, but we have this ridiculous skill level to keep it exciting. I can't wait for years to come!
All sports has this developmment tho..
Fantastic segment there did everything right on the head and I love the direction NHL is heading after the lockout cleaning up the game saved hockey because it got ugly in the decades prior to that so glad to see hockey is back playing the way it's supposed to be played!
I honestly think this will make that one super heavy line on alot teams even more important because they can change the game with a big hit or forechecking really hard to change the momentum of a game.
Tbh, who hasn't been labelled "the next one".
A Calgary flame fan I am from Calgary 💪🏻💪🏻
I miss the old style of hockey. Tough physical play showed more passion and kept fans on the edge of their seats. Today's game is more like figure skating combined with soccer
It didn't start at the top, it started at the very bottom. 6U, 8U, 10U…USA hockey for one, restructured there entire teaching about 10 years ago, forcing half ice games, small area practice drills, bumping checking up to bantams (16U) instead of PeeWees(14U), scripted practice plans for coaches focusing on pukchandling, multitudes of changes that took physicality out, and ushered in puckhandling and scoring. Now we are seeing the results of that.
Your hockey chanel is one of my favroiete
I wonder how long till Gretzky's 92 goals in a season record gets beaten.
These days we actually have so much data where coaches can base the training and practice drills. It's drastically different from f. ex. the early 2000's hockey.
Datsyuk was a phenomenon on how he moved the puck and himself on ice and probably the best at it. Now it slowly starts to be the standard for the best offensive players. Recently we had Erik Karlsson who set the new standard to defence and all of a sudden theres Makar who does even more. The change in the game is insanely fast and it surely is exciting to watch.
Jason Robertson
It feels like hockey is at a really interesting moment, but I'm biased as someone who is falling back in love with it after roughly a decade away.
If the Crosby/Ovechkin era rule changes got rid of the clutch and grab era of hockey, it unfortunately also seemed to lead to a "Speed Kills" era, which is part of what put me off of the game. The speed of the game was increased without necessary safety precautions also being introduced, which feels like it caused a huge increase in concussions and similar injuries (though I'm sure we were also just better at not ignoring them).
Eventually, the NHL took safety more seriously and FINALLY implemented a version of no-touch icing, and it's led the the higher-skill version of the game we see now.
And I love it. I loved Lemieux's Penguins as a kid, Crosby's Penguins as a teen, and now it feels like almost half the teams in the league have one or two players who aren't just goal scorers but true superstars who are incredibly dominant and fun to watch.
Skillful hockey is just such a spectacularly beautiful thing to watch. I'm always a big fan of the guys who block shots and win battles in the corners, but amazing passing and unbelievable stickhandling are good for the game. It creates Harlem Globetrotters-like moments in actual competition, which is all you can ask from a spectator sport.
Pre lockout hockey was better. To this day you still hear every year "nothing beats playoff hockey…." bla bla bla. This statement hasn't been true for decades.
Not a fan of where it's going
do you play hockey?
Crosby all day long is the best player in hockey most compete player I ever seen
Sid is still the face of the NHL
Great point on the difference between good and great players. There are actually many AHL players who are more skilled or are better skaters than many guys in the NHL, but they don’t think the game the same way or apply their skills at the right time. Many people overlook that.
At some point coaches will figure out ways to teach players how to play defense better and at some point people will want to see guys like McDavid or Gaudreaj actually get bodychecked.
Two things bug me to no end.
One…lacrosse style moves with the puck and swirling it into the goal is…not…hockey!
Shootouts… the lone wolf allowed to dippsy-doodle his way to fool the goalie.
What should be done is yes, have a shooter, but also have a CHASER! Have the chaser start at the same time from the rear blue line making it more like a break-away style of shootout. No more mr fancy-pants! You damn well work hard for that goal.
This would be an absolute fan delight!
Dude, how can u not mention Jagr. He saved the Penguins from moving
Thomas vanek
conor overated still say that they overhype new players they shouldnt do that imagine the anxiety and pressure the player has when people say shit like that
Ive been warching hockey for decades and ive never seen talent like this. Its a great time to be a hockey fan.
I’d bet a lot of these new generation players grew up playing the golden generation of NHL video games. EASHL hockey was honestly revolutionary, it was such a creative playground for hockey fans.
Great analysis, and yeah the game is only going to get more ridiculous (in a good way). Btw, is Sean Avery involved in this "Hockey Helps the Homeless" charity?
I miss the fighting, and every team having a designated goon.
A couple of those things you showed that people never did I saw Yzerman do those a long time ago.