Welcome to Puck Drunk Love’s third installment of “This Week in NHL Stupid”, where we explore the world of stupid weekly in the National Hockey League. Now I want to start off with something that I consider to be pretty stupid, just not for the reason you think. On Tuesday, Lightning goalie Ben Bishop came upon an unfortunate accident.
That’s right, Bishop lost his two front teeth on a shot by Peter Holland. Now, a hockey player losing his teeth isn’t uncommon, but a goalie losing his teeth certainly seems to be. So where’s the stupidity? Whoever made his mask. Goalies always had to be a little bit different to play the position, but more so when they had no padding and no masks. Now though, the goalies are so protected that it doesn’t take a desperate soul to play the position.
But you’re telling me now that masks won’t automatically protect me from losing my teeth? Oh no. No, no, and hell no.
We Still Doing This Slew Foot Thing?
Christian Folin is keeping the slew foot in the forefront as he took down Zach Hyman of the Leafs with the dirty play:
Although not as bad as the Andrew Shaw slew foot, it’s a shame we’re seeing this again. Although maybe it never left and we’re just paying more attention now.
Referee Problems
Okay, so I don’t know how this happens:
https://youtu.be/tnUKpNCtsfk?t=1h43m25s
So Martin Hanzal gets high sticked, but Connor Murphy … his teammate … gets called for high sticking? That’s like a really bad ventriloquist act. The Devils would score the game winning goal on that power play, in case the referees didn’t feel bad enough about that.
Then there’s this:
I don’t even know where the stupidity lies in that sequence. Did the referee have rabbit ears? Or did Ryan Johansen say something about his mother? Considering that this is the second time Johansen has been sent to the sin bin for barking at the ref during a faceoff situation, I think we have our common thread here. Temper temper, Ryan.
You Might Want To Get a Guy on 87, Please?
Sidney Crosby made his season debut on Tuesday against Florida. The Panthers treated him as if he was a mid-season call up with a weird number, because they never bothered to cover him. You can guess what that outcome was.
Yeah, next time, cover that guy. I hear he’s good.
But nothing, and I mean nothing can surpass the level of stupidity shown earlier this week. And I’m sorry to say it wasn’t a player responsible … it was a fan.
https://twitter.com/MannyElk/status/789484039531032576
That yellow stuff on your nachos? That’s not cheese.
But it has plenty of vitamins.
