Lazy Hockey players lead to 'Controller Disconnected' meme

Sheroking said:
I'm not sure how the minimial rule changes impact Crosby's game at all, since he already was the leagues dominant player.

They need more scoring from every team in general.
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They gutted defenses and made aggressively defensive players like Derian Hatcher completely usless with the changes. It's like how the NBA defense died when handchecking was banned and now you just have shitty guard and shooting forward play.

Acid08 said:
He was also -5 on the night. On ice for every goal against.
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Sounds about right.
 
Okay, so uh, I literally understand nothing about sports, so can someone explain this to me?

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1...8b3ea5b14a_crosby-controller-disconnected.gif

Okay, so, in this GIF up here, I'm seeing four players. One from one team trying to make a goal, a player from another team on the defensive, and the guy defending the goal. The player I'm assuming is supposed to be "disconnected" is the other player on the defensive team, right? What would he normally do in a situation like this?
 
Chindogg said:
They only the reason why the NHL completely changed the rules two years in a row to cater to Crosby's skillset so he'd improve as the hyped next Gretzky.

Fuck Crosby and fuck Gary Bettman.
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I thought you crazy Crosby conspiracy spinners only hung out on Yahoo and HFBoards.
 
Chindogg said:
They gutted defenses and made aggressively defensive players like Derian Hatcher completely usless with the changes. It's like how the NBA defense died when handchecking was banned and now you just have shitty guard and shooting forward play.
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1) This wasn't a "couple of years ago", this was almost a decade ago. They made those rule changes in August 2005.

2) Obstruction was a huge, huge issue and it turned the game into a boring mess. Having slow, unathletic tree trunks like Hatcher grab people who were 20 feet from the puck and haul them down so there was no chance at any offense whatsoever is the single worst thing to happen to the game in it's entire history. People bitched about it from 1997 all the way to when they finally cracked down ON RULES THAT ALREADY EXISTED and weren't being enforced.

Had absolutely nothing to do with Sidney Crosby who was already the best hockey player in the world at 17 years old, and had the leg strength of a 25 year old. He was always going to dominate. Whether or not that meant leading the league with 85 points or 110 points is contextual.
 
GamerJM said:
Okay, so uh, I literally understand nothing about sports, so can someone explain this to me?

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1...8b3ea5b14a_crosby-controller-disconnected.gif

Okay, so, in this GIF up here, I'm seeing four players. One from one team trying to make a goal, a player from another team on the defensive, and the guy defending the goal. The player I'm assuming is supposed to be "disconnected" is the other player on the defensive team, right? What would he normally do in a situation like this?
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The white team was on the power play. That means they had more players on the ice thanks to a penalty. The player from the black team took the puck and brought it up ice. Crosby, the guy lagging, forgot how to backcheck. Backchecking is when you apply pressure in your defensive end.

Laziness, being overly tired from the power play, whatever. He didn't backcheck, and that lead to the Sharks scoring a short-handed goal. Something that's super embarrassing.
 
GamerJM said:
Okay, so, in this GIF up here, I'm seeing four players. One from one team trying to make a goal, a player from another team on the defensive, and the guy defending the goal. The player I'm assuming is supposed to be "disconnected" is the other player on the defensive team, right? What would he normally do in a situation like this?
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They're offensive players but they're still expected to play defense instead of just watching the play unfold.
 
akGCO47 said:
Funny because these 2 players are considered the star players in the league/.
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And yet forwards who play a complete 200 foot game getting back to help out the D on every shift (ahem, Kopitar, ahem) don't even get mentioned in the same sentence as Selke Trophy. Typical NHL.
 
Phthisis said:
And yet forwards who play a complete 200 foot game getting back to help out the D on every shift (ahem, Kopitar, ahem) don't even get mentioned in the same sentence as Selke Trophy. Typical NHL.
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Datsyuk is always in the same sentence as Selke and he is the absolute picture of a 200 foot NHL player. The best one in modern history.

What you should be bitching about is east coast sports writers voting on these things.
 
Quick said:
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Nice.
 
speculawyer said:
I'm not sure if this should be in gaming, OT, or the NHL thread .. . any way. . .
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Awesome, haha. I saw the Ovechkin one last year when it happened and thought it was amazing. The new Sydney Crosby one (from last night's game against the Sharks) is good, too. Although, as a hockey player, there wasn't anything directly wrong with Syndey's play there...still funny, though.

That being said, I don't think it beats Ovechkin's ridiculously lazy play. Hard to top that one. And it really does look like the controller was disconnected.
 
Sheroking said:
1) This wasn't a "couple of years ago", this was almost a decade ago. They made those rule changes in August 2005.

2) Obstruction was a huge, huge issue and it turned the game into a boring mess. Having slow, unathletic tree trunks like Hatcher grab people who were 20 feet from the puck and haul them down so there was no chance at any offense whatsoever is the single worst thing to happen to the game in it's entire history. People bitched about it from 1997 all the way to when they finally cracked down ON RULES THAT ALREADY EXISTED and weren't being enforced.

Had absolutely nothing to do with Sidney Crosby who was already the best hockey player in the world at 17 years old, and had the leg strength of a 25 year old. He was always going to dominate. Whether or not that meant leading the league with 85 points or 110 points is contextual.
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Jesus Christ it was a decade ago wasn't it. Fuck I'm getting old.

Obstruction was a problem but they really went overboard with enforcing it. I'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

On a side note, Ovechkin is still a more talented player.

harSon said:
And the entirety of the Shark's roster has their controller disconnected once the playoffs come around season after season.
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It could be worse, the AI for Jimmy Howard seems to forget what team it plays for each game.
 
Pretty amazing concept, hopefully it carries into other sports as well Lol.

And the entirety of the Shark's roster has their controller disconnected once the playoffs come around season after season.
 
harSon said:
Pretty amazing concept, hopefully it carries into other sports as well Lol.

And the entirety of the Shark's roster has their controller disconnected once the playoffs come around season after season.
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Nah, usually doesn't happen until the second round :(
 
Scrawnton said:
Don't belittle Crosby like that. Ovechkin was good for one season and useless ever since. Crosby is consistently amazing every season when looking at stats.
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Tabris said:
Miracle is American propaganda. The best hockey ever was the Canadian vs USSR Summit Series. Game 8 is greatest game ever.
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Tabris, why do you have to just take a giant, smelly dump all over every single NHL topic on GAF?

Quick said:
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:)
 
Chindogg said:
They gutted defenses and made aggressively defensive players like Derian Hatcher completely usless with the changes. It's like how the NBA defense died when handchecking was banned and now you just have shitty guard and shooting forward play.
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It was changed for the better. Lumbering pylons that can't skate like Hatcher have no place in hockey. His form of defense was grabbing onto you. And they didn't really change the rules, they just finally started enforcing them.
 
Scrawnton said:
Don't belittle Crosby like that. Ovechkin was good for one season and useless ever since. Crosby is consistently amazing every season when looking at stats.
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Except for that year that he farted so hard that he gave himself a concussion and missed 60 games, amirite?
 
Tabris said:
Miracle is American propaganda. The best hockey ever was the Canadian vs USSR Summit Series. Game 8 is greatest game ever.
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A series famous for Bobby Clarke slashing and breaking Valeri Kharlamov's ankle like a good ol' Canadian kid.
 
I have no idea what is going on there, but it seemed pretty sad

all my ice hockey knowledge comes from The Mighty Ducks and that Simpsons episode
 
Futureman said:
Crosby one really doesn't sense for this meme. Sorry CREWWWWSBY haters.

he was out of that play unless he's Superman.
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No

It makes prefect sense. He gave up on the play completely and was in glide mode before the start of the gif. This is because he was looking for a quick rebound so he could skate back down the ice with the puck. Just a slight nudge on that stick and he would have easily stopped that play. The ovi one... wow.
 
Ovechkin is arguably the best pure goal-scorer in the league (I would say Stamkos is comparable) but he's a bit one-dimensional. He can't be totally faulted for lack of playoff sucess since Washington doesn't have a Cup contending lineup. Also, Ovechkin mostly plays with Backstrom, one of the league's best passers.

Crosby is a much more complete player. He also has a better team around him but is running away with the Art Ross while playing with Kunitz and Brian Gibbons (currently). Kunitz is a decent player but Crosby made him good enough for the men's Olympics team.
 
This reminds me of that one meme a year or two back, what was it? I think it was the Walking Dead UI overlaid on TV/Movie scenes with choices and "[character] will remember that."

I think it was a Game of Thrones crossover? Anyone remember that?

GoT Season One major spoiler:
The more I think about it, I'm pretty sure it was the scene of Ned's beheading. The player was Joffrey and he chooses to kill Ned and it says "The North will remember that." Hahaha
 
Crosby can't play D? His shattered jaw begs to differ :)

If you want a lazy Penguin player look up Malkin. When he's on his game he's amazing, but when he's off he just floats around.
 
Yeah, I'd like to see more as well. I expected a thread-full, but instead all we got is Crosby vs Ovechkin talk, which is pointless because Crosby is just the worst. Yeah, Ovechkin has no heart sometimes, but when he we wants to play and wants to fucking win it's like seeing music with your eyes as it drifts from the golden harps of a thousand angels.
 
B3N1 said:
It'd be funny to see some more of these.

It took me some time to figure, that the red thingy presents P1. The T-shirt doesn't help this either. :/
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Haha me too. I thought they were talking about #38 in the second gif, and I was thinking "He seemed like he was trying hard. What else was he supposed to do?"
 
Would be even better if someone made it look like he was just sliding by in a t-pose with no animation whatsoever.
 
lol, those are awesome. funny how it just so happened to be the two best (arguably) players in the world.
 
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