1crozier1 wrote:
YankeeInRaleigh wrote:
Godzilla1960 wrote:
Another stupid hockey question:
When a player breaks a stick in his own zone, wouldn't it be better to take five seconds and skate to the bench and get another one rather than to hang around in front of the net unable to make a play? It seems they could call out a signal that would allow the rest of the team to go into shorthanded mode for a few second rather than standing around as a screen on the goalie.
F**king THANK you.
Right? How does it help anyone that you're occupying 3 square feet of ice, not moving, not taking anyones body out, just occupying a shooting lane. HOW is that better than 5 seconds of 5 on 4? MADNESS!!!!
How does it help, you ask?
Very simple.
Once that player leaves to go to the bench for a stick, that's 3 square feet of UNOCCUPIED ice -- unoccupied ice that an opponent will skate into, receive a pass, and shoot on goal . . .
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Well, seeing as how the guy with the puck can skate RIGHT UP TO the stickless defender, without worry about being upset in any way, can pass the puck right beside him or through his feet no problem, and can get off a shot without one of our liverlillied yellowbellies trying very hard to block it, I say the guy is better off going to get a stick.
Besides, we're what, 3rd in the NHL on the PK? I highly doubt because we leave one spot open for a couple seconds that the other team is immediately going to be able to exploit it for a scoring chance. And 5 seconds of 5 on 4 seems a lot better than 30 seconds of 5 on 4.5, at least to me.