http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2015/02/23/throwback-rant/ Thoughts from a drifter on the hockey landscape Mon, 05 Oct 2015 03:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.5 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2015/02/23/throwback-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-29365 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:31:01 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/?p=912#comment-29365 […] Gross Misconduct Hockey […]

]]> http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2015/02/23/throwback-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-26869 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:55:01 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/?p=912#comment-26869 This is not what Larionov was talking about at all, the PP is one of the least creative parts of hockey, it is all about systems and cycling. I agree that there are too many penalties missed but 5 on 5 hockey is what the game is about. The scoring isn’t just going down because of fewer PP’s there is also more parity in the league, enormous goaltenders, better conditioned players making for a much smaller ice, very few players that are a liability on the ice (ie goons) and most importantly high player turnover/movement. Those Russian teams were so creative because they played together forever, that is very rare now maybe you get a couple players that you can keep together like Kane and Toews but for the most part as Seinfeld said we are really just rooting for clothes.

]]> http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2015/02/23/throwback-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-26622 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:00:58 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/?p=912#comment-26622 […] and the goals have dried up of late, for both Pittsburgh and the NHL (that is, drying up at an alarming, dead puck, lockout-inducing rate, by the […]

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