En tant qu’enfant issu d’une famille pauvre du Kentucky, le seul type de hockey auquel j’ai jamais pu jouer était le roller hockey dans l’allée avec mon père. Mais je n’ai jamais pu adhérer à la ligue quand j’étais enfant parce que ce que je jouais dans l’allée n’était pas la même chose que ce que jouaient les pros à la télévision. Et je ne savais même pas si c’était lié au jeu sur la glace. J’ai toujours voulu voir les Red Wings ou les Devils jouer une partie de roller hockey. Cela aurait rendu la ligue BEAUCOUP plus attrayante pour moi. Même s’il ne s’agissait que d’un match par an, comme les jeux de plein air. La LNH pourrait intégrer le hockey à roulettes de plusieurs manières. Peut-être un seul match dans la saison, comme la classique hivernale, qu’une équipe du Sud comme les Kings, les Coyotes ou le Lightning accueille dans un stade extérieur. En gros, du hockey sur la plage ou dans le désert. Ou peut-être un tournoi de roller hockey d’été avec des joueurs de la LNH, ou même des équipes, qui dure une semaine ou deux. On pourrait l’appeler la Summer Series. Auston Matthews fait déjà la promotion des lames de roller hockey pour s’entraîner sur la glace. J’aimerais le voir les utiliser réellement dans un jeu professionnel.
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There are usually a handful of NHLers who play in the North American Roller Hockey Championship pro finals during the summer. Pat Maroon always makes a big effort to promote it, cuz he grew up playing roller hockey. Wouldn’t surprise me if we see Bedard/Cristall/Kent Johnson play NARCh at some point, too, cuz they play in a semipro inline league up in Vancouver during the summer as well.
No… not at all. Im from FL…. i love seeing cold things, sick and tired of things that are hot.
Bring back PBH, you cowards!
If they could hit and it was nhl players, I would watch a summer league. If they want 10 games from regular season to be roller, I would not watch it.
need some actual street hockey
create a rink on a street
get some actual roadrash, like I used to get
couldn’t skate for shit, so I was goalie
Would love to see some XFL type league
I would watch the fuck out of that. Absolutely.
There was a roller hockey summer league in the 90s and it was pretty cool in my kid mind
I would love to see it since inline was always my game. I think the one thing that could be problematic is the inability to stop/cut on roller blades. Players would have to really adjust their game, especially if they’ve never done it much before. I’d be worried about it leading to injury.
Maybe a preseason game would be a better idea. It’s in summer anyway and could feature hockey in a different outside venue. It’d be the most exciting preseason game of any sport each year.
If they rock those colour pallets, sure
Yes, roller hockey gets hate but it’s hella fun and exciting to watch as well
Looks at his god damn hamstrings, that’s insane
No. Roller hockey contact point feel different than ice hockey. Stopping feels different too. High chance of injury imo. If I would play months of either ice or roller it took a few hours for muscle memory to kick in. I pulled a groin muscle going ice to roller
No
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No, but the owners would never risk team points/ player injury for an exhibition game.
Anyone else here that used to go to Anaheim Bullfrogs games at Ponda back in the 90’s?
Idk about that. But I would love an NHL Street video game, that plays like NFL Street.
Yeah, I’d love to see Kucherov sit in the middle of the pavement throwing little pieces of gravel like a little kid.
Only if the uniforms involve Jorts.
Be cool sub for the all star game or an exhibition
No but I would be all about a separate roller league. Sure there’s a ton of overlapping skills but they’re really two different games
No
I live in Florida and play roller hockey myself. I would definitely watch but making those games a part of the regular season would be a terrible idea.
While the objective of roller hockey is the same, it’s just very different to play. I don’t want to call it a “different sport” because that sounds like I’m putting it down, but at that high of a level it is essentially a different sport
I would not watch at all, but if it became cheap and accessible to get on a team as a kid and have practices I 100% would’ve picked that over the sports I did as a kid
Bring back Pro Beach Hockey.
https://youtu.be/LX2Mu3wjoPg?si=5CRyt8dzVL0gj-u5
Depends on the rules they would use. I play in a lot of roller hockey tournaments, and the “pro” divisions are pretty boring to watch.
Roller hockey doesn’t have offside or icing rules. This causes a lot of possession focused hockey. Think NHL OT 3v3.
A lot of bringing the puck back to your own zone over and over until you get an odd-man rush. It’s just not the most exciting thing to watch, especially when you’re used to the fast paced, 40 shots a game NHL
I lived in Ca as a boy and roller hockey was what we played, heck yeah I’d be down for that!