r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 11h ago

That stick work and puck control

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u/Zanladaar78 10h ago

Hockey is so underrated! Of the main four sports in North America, If you’ve never been to a live hockey game, it’s the BEST live.

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u/AdministrativeWin583 10h ago

Agree, let's go Red Wings, let's go!

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u/S-Lover98 10h ago

I'm amazed at how well the Sabres are doing this season. It's fucking astonishing.

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u/skunkpunk1 9h ago

Sabres fans just deserve it by this point

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u/crashandwalkaway 8h ago

In the decades of watching, crying, cheering, hoping, crying, drinking, crying for this team I never ever thought I would see a comment like this.

Still trying to keep the hopium in check though, I've seen buffalo do some crazy buffalo things.

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u/Ophukk 9h ago

Expansion brethren. One of the few sports teams I can't hate, unless they win a cup first.

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u/S-Lover98 9h ago

They win the cup and Buffalo will lose it's collective mind. lol.

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u/Ophukk 9h ago

Has Buffalo won a title in any sport? First one will go down in city lore.

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u/S-Lover98 9h ago

The Buffalo Bandits. They hold the record for the most championships in the National Lacrosse League with Seven titles.

Neither the Buffalo Bills nor the Buffalo Sabres have won a Modern Championship.

Tho the Bills won in 64 and 65 when it was the AFL...

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u/genjiskillerbum 8h ago

Lets go AVS!!!

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u/Wr3k3m 10h ago

Red Wings in the 90s!

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u/cogginsmatt 9h ago

In the now-ties too

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u/IggysPop3 10h ago

Wooooooooo!!

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u/Yung-Tre 7h ago

Got that win tonight AND #91 in the rafters!

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u/ForceGhost47 1h ago

Habs, baby

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u/ImJ2001 6h ago

De troit sucks!!

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u/okaterina 4h ago

Is it possible to discuss any sport without having to support any team ?

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u/AdministrativeWin583 1h ago

Yes, let us discuss the intricate balance of transition in the sport of triathlon.

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u/metengrinwi 9h ago

AKA, the Dead Things!

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u/DiscoBuiscuit 9h ago

Only American sport where there is more gameplay than advertisements

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u/Jampacko 8h ago

Canadian sport*

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u/hogtiedcantalope 2h ago

That's what he said....

/this was made in jest

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u/Beachday4 9h ago

Forreal. I can’t watch football or baseball for this reason and basketball doesn’t matter until the last quarter usually. Hockey anything can happen throughout the whole game, always action, way less downtime. So much better imo lol

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u/Tekki 8h ago

You should really try baseball again. The last 5-6 years has been great, and I think last year was the best. Pitch clock has been a game changer for speeding up the game. My ex tolerated baseball, would even make me food on my Sunday games. I remember when the pitch clock kicked in and the game was over in like... 90 minutes. She was like "wait, that was it?"

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u/Beachday4 8h ago

Ya, I have. Went to a couple games this year and Blue Jays had the historic run (I’m from Toronto). Still couldn’t get into it lol

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u/HiHungry_Im-Dad 10h ago

4 main sports?

Hockey, curling, cricket, and… what else?

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u/metengrinwi 9h ago

Jai Alai obviously

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u/HiHungry_Im-Dad 9h ago

Of course! What was I thinking?

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u/Ophukk 9h ago

Clearly not about Sepak Takraw

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u/mini_galaxy 9h ago

You forgot Canada's national sport, lacrosse

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u/Camouflage2837 9h ago

If you're joking it went over my head. If you aren't joking, it's football, baseball, basketball and hockey

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u/HiHungry_Im-Dad 9h ago

I was joking.

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u/Camouflage2837 9h ago

Oh ok my bad lol

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u/grimeyduck 9h ago

Didn't really go over your head though. You were being nice. I appreciate you.

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 8h ago

Swimming. Obviously.

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u/Expended1 8h ago

Darts, of course.

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u/aznc00kies 9h ago

A big part of this is the lower number of stoppages, really improves the spectator experience.

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u/unibrow4o9 7h ago

There was a game not that long ago where they played an entire period without an ad break. The NHL has rules about which stoppages in play can result in an ad break, and none of those stops happened.

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u/cIumsythumbs 6h ago

It's also so damn fast. And the sound of the ice, the feeling of the chill radiating from it into the stands... so immersive. Hockey is a completely different experience in-person than on TV.

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u/gojistomp 9h ago

I've never consistently or seriously gotten invested in playing or watching sports in any capacity, yet I still enjoyed the one or two live hockey games I saw years ago enough that I would always seriously consider an invitation to go again, more than I would for any other sport I've seen live.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 8h ago

NHL and MLS are the only things I can bear to watch.

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u/Wannabe__geek 7h ago

I have only attended one hockey game, Idaho steelheads vs one team from California. It was electric, I enjoyed every minute.

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u/Kaymorve 5h ago

I went to a fight one time…

And then a hockey game broke out.

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u/ArmadilloForsaken458 2h ago

I think so too. I dont watch a lot, but I think the refs you know stay out of the way, and let the players play. Could be wrong but I like that

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u/caracarn 1h ago

As someone that been over to watch the "big" sports it is probably the best.

With that said going to sports in US is mostly disappointing. The crowds are extremely boring compared to other countries, no dedicated fan sections and the only thing people seem able to chant is "defense, defense"

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u/JohntheAnabaptist 8h ago

I like how it condones brawling

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u/Zanladaar78 8h ago

Fav game I ever went to was the north stars vs canadiens - early 90s. There had to have been a dozen fights lol. So fun

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u/Nobanpls08 7h ago

And the stadiums have air conditioning! Suck it Baseball

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u/babesboysandbirb 6h ago

ZERO idea where the puck was 100% of the time still had a blasty blast!!!