This is easily the best hockey breakdown channel on KZfaq.

That Tanev blocked shot was wild 😅

Love these weekly recaps 👍🏻

Like an 11 pm beer league game on a Monday night; love it!

I really love this format of a weekly recap and discussion about things happening around the league. It’s a great way to stay informed. Thanks!

Torts is 100 percent right about players not knowing how to take hits

Man that one angle of behind when Tanev ate that shot was brutal. What a warrior out there.

I'd be so grateful for 6 guys on the bench for those 11 pm beer league games!

Great recap! If you don't like the officiating now wait until the playoffs

0:51 I wish the bench looked like that during an 11pm beer league game!

Video request: Managing rookies. The managing of Leo Carlsson has been different compared to what you usually see with less games played and more focus on development through practice as I understand it. While Bedard and Fantilli play every game without fully grown bodies. I would like to see you break down the thought processes behind different strategies to develop prospects short and long term. I find the topic interesting as there seem to be more discussion on who to pick instead of how to make the picks you get succeed.

Hip "resurfacing" is basically a hip replacement.

Great video!! As a Hawks fan, everything that happened with Perry, Bernard, and Kane just made for a very up and down week.

These weekly recaps are outstanding - keep up the great work!!!

Recently discovered your channel and absolutely in love with it! I'm a long-time hockey fan and you do an amazing job of breaking things down simply for new fans while also offering a lot of deep insight for those of us who have been around a while to consider too

Sorry, please don’t ever call that a line brawl again. That was ten guys holding each other. I miss 90’s hockey

As a fan outside of North America, these weekly wrap-ups are so helpful for keeping up with the latest headlines. Thanks for all the hard work & effort

Great coverage of so many wild events this week. Really smooth transitions. And great little recap on stats and standings at the end. Prefer this to other channel who try to capitalize on media-driven short attention span and post 1-2min, effortless videos just putting in a 30s hot take before asking ppl for "discussion". Your breakdowns are still the cream of the crop, but in a busy sport like this sometimes recaps are necessary. And this weekly series is a great way to do it. Keep it up and hope all this praise doesnt change ya! 😂

Agreed re: the officiating - you really have to wonder what kind of strategic direction they’re getting from the league in terms of what to ca and how to call it, or if they’re just that consistently incompetent.

I’m a lightning fan who went to watch the game in Dallas yesterday. What an absolute let down. I took some friends who have never been to a hockey game before, told them how great vasilevsky is *usually* and by the end of the game, couldn’t help but laugh as the stars piled goal after goal seemingly effortlessly into our net. It’s obviously not all his fault but he’s absolutely not back at 100% and the coaching staff should have seen that and made a change much earlier. I can’t help but think it’s a smaller hit to the ego to be benched than to have 6 scored on you in 2 periods, and then be benched anyway.

New subscriber. Awesome summary. And the way you described the Perry saga was the classiest I’ve seen yet managing to cover the whole story. Love it.

I seem to remember hearing somewhere a long time ago someone in an interview said that players would intentionally turn their backs when going into the corner/boards with the intent to draw that penalty, regardless of the chance for injury. And while I may be an old dinosaur about this, but I am not much of a fan of these lanky speedsters everywhere that put themselves in positions to get hurt on account of their going too fast.

Discovered your channel 2 weeks ago I love it. I don't watch much hockey anymore but I'm alway interested in what's happening.

yeah i remember the playoffs goakl of Martin Brodeur... saw 3 goalie goals live on tv myself in the early 2000s

Just getting back into hockey and found your channel. Great work here with these breakdowns!

Loving the weekly rundowns. Interesting to see in a whole what has happened

NHL officials are clearly selected based upon reverse IQ scores and poor visual acuity. I was straight blown away they gave Hathaway a major when everybody...including Luke's brother knew who to blame for the hit. ...the refs, predictably...failed to acknowledge any wrong doing. They can't see guys throwing sticks to intercept incoming passes, they don't know how icing works, they're clueless when plays are off sides, they don't know what justifies a penalty shot according to their own rules. Very low quality group of individuals.

That preds/penguins game. Karlsson was holding/pulling the stick of R.ORiley trying to pull him offsides which causes him to collide into crosby. I think it was interference/holding on Karlsson before the interference on Crosby happened....so it was a good no call IMO.

These recaps got you a sub. Thanks for putting in the time and have a comment for the algorithm.

Love these recaps! ❤

Tortorella is 100% right. Idk how to spell his name, but growing up and playing hockey as the bigger kid every single person would turn last second. I was suspended 7 times in one year bc of this. Never thought it would reach actual high level play, but here we are.

"The benches looked like an 11pm beer league game on a Monday night." Bro, that one hit home. But 100% accurate.

Just wanna thank you for these videos dude. Look forward to them every week 😁

Love your breakdowns and recaps greetings from Germany

Deadly video man! Been busy with Irl and work haven’t had much time to watch the games so this is unreal

It’s saying a lot when the goalie goal was the least weird thing to happen this week.

Great show! Thanks!

Just subbed, great content! Been looking for something like this for NHL which I find hard to follow as a Swede.

Been skating since I was three, hung up the boots at 21, now turning 25 in April and these vids making me refuel the love for the game again. Much appreciated keep it up

Just let it be known while Calgary fans continue to make fun of the Darnell Nurse contract they still have Huberdeau making 10.5M on pace for 51 points. Nurse is on pace for 34.

A few years ago , coming out of the League Governors meeting , the most talked about issue with the game was the officiating. The general consensus was inconsistency. That was a few years ago...Inconsistency still reigns supreme. Now the officials are making mistakes that are altering the outcome of games, Players are being injured . The League has to come up with some sort of grading and evaluation system to weed out the officials that aren't doing it right.

Ah line brawls. Takes me back to when hockey was actually hockey.

100% agree with nhl becoming a no hit league. it seems every Don Cherry rock em sock em hit is followed by a penalty. And for the Blackhawks drama, they couldn't of been more cryptic with th initial statements on Perry. WTF were they thinking letting it be that wide open for speculations. They could of easily made a statement to reflect what was happening to a degree. Such a stupid ridiculous initial statement.

Phenomenal and fun recap!

Great recap, new sub 👊🏾

Between the Ottawa/Florida brawl and the Bedard's mom memes, I haven't laughed this hard watching hockey since Craig McTavish pulled Harvey the Hound's tongue out of his mouth.

Perry's apology seemed to be honest and heartfelt. He knew he screwed up and took responsibility for it. That's not something you see a whole lot. I hope he gets the help he needs and is back on the ice soon.

best part of the week, love these things. i only watch the red wings so it's nice to catch up with what's going on around the league with these

When i was young and learning hockey we were taught how to properly take a hit. We were told what to do if we turn our backs or are coming in hot to avoid any major damage and use our padding to take the brunt of the hit and save ourselves. Torts is 100% correct. I feel like the newer generation hasnt learned how to properly take a hit or handle themselves appropriately when coming in hot on the boards. The amount of times ive seen players drop their heads into the boards/players, not using their shoulders, or not using their arms/hands to protect their head/face when getting slammed into the boards at all OR because they wanna hold their stick is insane to me. I was taught the puck is not worth your life, so use what ya got to help yourself. That was drilled into my head in AAA. You may lose but at least your alive to play again.

I think this is what hockey should be. No one got severely hurt and paralyzed. Until then hockey should be exactly this. Rough stuff, skill rivalry, and unpleasant hits. This is awesome. Hockey had become so soft lately that all we had was dumping pucks, skating fast thru the whole team to score. But this this is what I remember hockey to be.

Robby Fabbri. Lower body Injury weeks ago, fans put a dagger in his career, saying it was over speculating it was his knee once again. Returns 7 goals in 11 games (9 points), seems to freeze opponents around in and around the net with his shot selection. Unsung hero in Detroit's current fortunes.

I always look forward to your videos

My problem with the shootout shabang is that they never even announced that they were reviewing the goal.

Great channel dude! So just bro-mmenting here lol, I have Kuch on my fantasy team and also decided in the beginning of the season to ride the goalie no one though to pick, Johansson. The Lightnings offense, been watching them a lot, is there but they lose focus or something on some games. Its almost like they're so talented they're forgetting the discipline. The problem wasn't at the goal, tho lotta love for Vas, the Lightning need some retooling and adjust their strategy to shift for different playstyles better. When you see the Ducks, love the Ducks but bad news bears team too often, spank the team that spanks TB...you know theres a more chesslike strategem missing in their tool kit. My 2 bits 😎

I’m glad I found a hockey channel like this. Been wanting to watch one like this for a few years now. The most unexpected thing for me is how good the Flyers are playing considering how bad they were supposed to be

You crush these breakdowns!!!

Cool weekly recap. I like it.

Great recap!

I like the Kane signing simply for the value that someone like him can bring to the young guys in Detroit just by existing in the locker room. Provided he's willing to teach and the Red Wings are willing to learn of course.

I love these recaps. I just learned about the triangle and 1-2-2. Hockey is the best sport to study

I have an 11:10pm beer league game tomorrow which is a Monday 😂😂😂

I follow a lot of hockey channels and this one is by far the best. Keep it ip

Love the channel, not one mention of Minnesota’s firings of head and ass coach though.

Absolutely love this channel

60 seconds in the video: i subscribed. After the video: im in fking love with this channel! Such a good job with the breakdown!😊

nothing wrong with that hughes hit

great video thanks

88's gonna be just fine. However, the pain I feel growing up hating Detroit yet considering low key buying a Wings hat to support him & the cat hits deep.

I definitely wouldn't describe Kaner's season last year with the sort of disdain that you did here... Something like 55 points in 75 games, dipping to like 15:00 TOI in NYR, and being a setup man for the Blackhawks as opposed to their primary goalscorer... For a guy that's 34 & undersized, that sounds like an impressive season to me, not to mention 6 Pts in the 7 Game series with the Rangers in April.

This is definitely one of the seasons in NHL history.

As a preds fan we got away with blatant interceptions multiple times against the penguins not just on that goal.

Yeah awesome video. Nice job

Checking has been removed from youth hockey. Not until Bantam! Of COURSE these kids don't know how to deal with hits!

I usually only follow the playoffs, so I guess I chose the right season to watch from the beginning! 😂

Love the weekly video recaps. Coyotes quietly playing pretty well. I wouldn't be shocked to see them pick up a wild card spot. Love the way my Wings have looked! I could do with less blown 3rd period leads but I'll take the wins when they come. LGRW!!!!!

the blackhawks have such a massive pr (maturity? ethicality?) issue, its been plaguing them for a while now...

Dallas going from that painful game against the flames to an 8-1 win over the Bolts was not something I had on my bingo card.

Not a Cap fan or anything, but as a HOCKEY fan, I want to see him break the holy grail of NHL records (i.e. most goals in a career). I'm worried Ovi might crumble just before the finish line, robbing all of us of that special moment. The team around him isn't helping the situation. What's more important: 1 - Him staying until the end with the Caps but no record? OR 2 - Him moving elsewhere but breaking THE record? Obviously 1+ record, but eh. what about it Caps and hockey fans in general? IMHO I can't see him wear another jersey; so the GM should do everything to feed goals to Ovi.

Penguins backup had a goalie goal in the minors last week too

“and the benches looked like an 11pm beer league on a Monday night” - 🎩

Gotta say, I kind of agree with Torts as weird as that is. I grew up playing travel hockey in a small town and there were harder hits in those games than 80% of NHL regular season games now.

“An 11pm beer league game on a Monday night” 💀😆💀😆💀😆💀

You should do these weekly and date your shows. Good content.

Torts is right, this is a problem as the NHL drafts younger and younger players who haven’t learnt the ‘art’ of hitting.

I need Farabee on the bench working the door as gif 😂

these recaps are great especially since im a new fan to the sport

The Tanev brothers are built different

Most unexpected this late in the season? Kane getting picked up.

Bedards just gotta keep his head up and ignore all these sad rumours. He's doing fantastic for his rookie year and hes gunna take this league by storm for suuuuure

Torts benching Farabee is just him checking how Farabee will respond. If he takes it the right way, he's back on the ice and starts doing what his coach wants him to do. If he doesn't.. He's in the doghouse for good.

that nashville OT goal had a football element to it: protecting the QB with tackles :)

Luke Hughes has been blown up twice shying away from contact

Chris Tanev is a beast of a man

He’s right. They’ve put the onus on the hitter to the point that players don’t know how to take a hit. I don’t really know how to change that as the onus has to be on the hitter. But players put themselves in situations to either get a guy to hold up and not hit them or draw a penalty.

i was at that stars game when they killed the lightning and it was easily one of the best games i’ve ever watched

I’m surprised, yet not surprised by the atrocity of the officiating this season. Absolutely piss-poor performance.

Bruh I may not know much in hockey but after watching almost every week I sort of understand it at this point; with that being said, the Coyotes beating the past 5 Stanley Cup champs is pretty fuxking dope if you ask me, watch Arizona come out of nowhere like Florida did 😂💀

Dallas Stars mentioned. I definitely think at times players don't protect themselves from hits. It's something we have to work on and the balance is still being worked on. The NHL has to get safer and it can't really find the right balance until it swings wildly from side-to-side on this specific issue. The officiating of course does this no favors.

Taking Kane after a hip surgery is just stupid. Thanks for the recap.

Even a Flyers fan, I can't believe Pattie Kane is a freaking Red Wing!