Je déteste dire qu’ils ne forment plus des joueurs de hockey comme avant parce que les joueurs d’aujourd’hui ont rendu le jeu tellement plus amusant à regarder et sont incroyablement talentueux. Mais ici…
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michiganhockeyguy
@Ligue nationale de hockey
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Still not as bad as LeBrons cramp 😂
Players today are still built the same, we have just learned to protect players from themselves and not allow this reckless stuff.
Medical protocols today would definitely not be to lift his head up after sustaining an injury like that.
This is such a stupid boomer take. Imagine how stupid you’d have to be to willingly go play a violent, contact sport after suffering a broken face and brain bleed after only two weeks. Might as well pick up a gun and play russian roulette. Ridiculous post.
edit: In this comment thread: people thinking we’re saying to remove physicality altogether from the sport of hockey, and getting upset. Holy shit, no one is saying to make hockey non-contact.
They are still built like they used to and play through injuries most people would be sidelined for months with. It’s the rules that have changed so people don’t die
There’s a Ted Kennedy joke in here somewhere, but I’ll not participate.
I’m shocked to this day that goalies are allowed to use face masks. Today’s kids are soft.
/s
Gordie didn’t wear a helmet his entire career. Mfs believe that almost dying is more important than quality play.
I mean it probably wasn’t the most informed decision to send him back in to action. There’s tough and competitive and then there’s ignorant. Players are still incredibly tough, the game is exponentially faster and there’s still a lot of abuse that’s endured. We just know a lot more about protecting the longevity of the players and the game, hard not to see that as a positive.
Not sure we should be celebrating this
Damn Ted Kennedy almost caught another body
Just in the last 12 years we’ve seen bruins take the ice with broken jaws, punctured lungs, and I think a broken leg? We saw a player literally have a heart attack, and one dude had his face hatcheted so I’m not sure what you’re talking about? Unless you mean the players don’t play so dirty because I’m not sure why you’d be proud about head hunting by a leaf
I just take this post as a testament to how tough Gordie Howe was. I don’t think OP was trying to say that this is how the game should be today.
Yeah we should totally allow irreparable damage to players for the sake of bloodsport. What are you talking about?
Also, players today are in another galaxy in regard to conditioning and strength.
I’d like the sport less if this shit was happening on a regular basis. Fucking Christ
What is this boomer nonsense?
« Players just don’t play with dangerous head injuries like they used to! »?…
Yeah, no, that’s a good thing… Toughness is still a virtue, and players still play hurt all the time. They’re just a little less stupid about dealing with head injuries. We know a lot more about how much that shit can fuck you up later in life. Lamenting that is a pretty strange take…
Playing a contact sport on ice without helmets was absolute insanity
What an idiotic take. Player safety should be prioritized, not looked down upon.
They don’t “build them” this way anymore because thankfully they’re not so fucking stupid.
What’s the point of glorifying stupidity? He was lucky he didn’t die. For what? Go home, boomer
Man people are touchy.
This is the reason hockey needed rules. People literally died doing the sport and no sports is worth watching if people are dying doing it.
The true GOAT
…I actually think today’s players are consistently bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. Only by the blessings of protective equipment and rule changes do we not have nightly mass carnage. Second season (playoffs) is a totally different thing than regular season play….always has been…it’s all or nothing, literally.
This is fucking stupid.
The caption is misleading. Gordie missed the rest of the playoffs.
And for not great pay…
Players are still just as tough. The league won’t *let* players with injuries of that severity come back that soon anymore
It’s impressive. It’s also incredibly dangerous
Remember kids, for as tough as Howe was, the NHL existed for more than a decade before goalie masks were invented.
We’re not weaker than in the past, we just know better.
Just because he got away with it, doesn’t mean it was the right move.
Speaking the obvious sports science has gone a long way in the time since Gordie Howe, has anyone looked at the average height, weight, etc? If you compare eras players today have way more muscle mass and skate at much higher speeds…
So no, players today are generally built physically tougher than ever. It just means committing to contact is that much more physical for both parties involved.
Don’t build them like they used to or tough … I would argue that they are more educated and safer, which has nothing to do with toughness. Playing that close to an injury like that is not only dangerous, but can have permanent damage. I think they just value their life over playing a game and getting a tbi.
Yes it’s such a bummer players are maiming each other. Fucking pussies. /s
Lol they weren’t tougher they just suffered a lot more behind the scenes and lives shorter less happy lives after retirement. Go watch ape fights
What a boomer take. “Boy wasn’t it great when players risked life-threatening injuries for a game? Now they demand basic safety and adequate medical care. Those pussies. They sure don’t make them like they used to.”
Gordie was just built different
What the fuck are you talking about, we just gave players better gear and rules so that they don’t have fucking brain bleeds and die or become brain damaged just because they play a sport for our entertainment. You sound like a 68 year old boomer.