I Am Once Again Imploring Hockey Defensemen To Stop Steamrolling Players Into Their Own Goalie
4 years. For a whole goddamn Presidency term, I've been trying my best to get NHL defensemen to stop being the biggest bozos on the planet. FOUR YEARS. This blog right here is from March 28, 2017.
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So yeah. 46 months ago. And for some reason, these idiots won't learn. For some reason, defensemen constantly feel the need to steamroll opposing players after they realize they've been beat and that player already gets a shot on net from the low slot. Maybe it's because they don't want to look like they did absolutely nothing out there. Maybe it's to make the opposing player "earn" that shot. Maybe it's because they just have a giant bowl of mashed potatoes rattling around in their skull for brains. But Brandon Montour is now the latest in the long line of idiots who have proceeded before him.
What's hilarious here is not only does Montour launch Provorov directly into Carter Hutton (who was having an unbelievable game for Buffalo), but then Montour gets angry at Provorov for making contact with Hutton so he immediately goes into the net to sucker punch him in the face a few times about it.
Like….buddy,,,,how fucking stupid are you? You're mad that Provorov just decapitated your tendy? Maybe wait until you get stapled to the bench and then start punching yourself in the face about it. Because you're the dolt who sent him crashing the net full force. Christ almighty. It's like some of these guys' brains stopped developing the moment they got shipped off to play junior.
And it's pretty apparent that dumbassery is contagious. Because now Ralph Krueger, a guy whose brain is highly respected in the hockey world, is a total dunce as well.
Maybe Ralph just spent too much time as a soccer guy or something. Either that or he's still drunk from the Bills advancing to the AFC Championship Game. Because other than that, I have no idea what this bozo is talking about. What do you me "the way the elbow comes extended"? Have you never been hit before? Do you not realize the physics of force and motion?
But yeah. The point of this blog isn't that Brandon Montour is a goddamn buffoon. It's that the majority of defensemen in hockey all around the world are equally as stupid. I don't know how these guys haven't figured out yet that you might not want to deck a dude who is skating full speed toward the net or else you're going to wreck the shit out of your own goalie. But if they can't figure it out now, they never will.
Sidenote: It wasn't the prettiest game the Flyers have ever played. Hell, they looked downright terrible for the first 40 minutes. But a win is a win. And a shutout for Moose is the icing on the cake. What a beauty. The greatest backup in the league.