Comments on: Arguments about the Shoot Out with Jeff Marek and Brynna http://akicksaveandabeauty.com/2009/10/arguments-about-the-shoot-out-with-jeff-marek-and-rihani/ Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:22:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rainier http://akicksaveandabeauty.com/2009/10/arguments-about-the-shoot-out-with-jeff-marek-and-rihani/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Rainier Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:22:35 +0000 http://akicksaveandabeauty.com/?p=61#comment-816 From a player's perspective, as opposed to that of a netminder, the shootout is a chance to define yourself. We dream every night of making that killer curl and drag through our feet and slamming that little rubber bastard where he belongs, but the reality is when you're parked in front, or you're moving cross-crease, you've got defenders F*&#ing up your every chance. The one on one, oh-shit-here-it-comes, shootout is as nerve racking for the shooter as it is for the goalie. The split second decisions that can spell victory or total ruin are yours and yours alone. The fans love it. The arena is tense. The cacophony of half drunken, staggering, and mostly retarded spectators fuels the fire. It makes for the sparking of our most deeply developed, but entirely primal, emotional responses. If the shootout were to go away, it would indeed be a sad day for hockey. From a player’s perspective, as opposed to that of a netminder, the shootout is a chance to define yourself.

We dream every night of making that killer curl and drag through our feet and slamming that little rubber bastard where he belongs, but the reality is when you’re parked in front, or you’re moving cross-crease, you’ve got defenders F*&#ing up your every chance.

The one on one, oh-shit-here-it-comes, shootout is as nerve racking for the shooter as it is for the goalie. The split second decisions that can spell victory or total ruin are yours and yours alone.
The fans love it. The arena is tense.
The cacophony of half drunken, staggering, and mostly retarded spectators fuels the fire. It makes for the sparking of our most deeply developed, but entirely primal, emotional responses.

If the shootout were to go away, it would indeed be a sad day for hockey.

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