After watching my team [Vancouver Canucks] lose to the trap tonight, I thought I'd just say something about how this style is ruining hockey.
While it's not just the Wild who play trap, they are the most visible case. The average team plays open hockey for a good 50 -55 minutes of the game, and at this point, when either behind or ahead, they'll go into a trap-like mode to preserve the lead, or an all-out attack, followed by the pulling of the goalie to make up a goal. This is exactly what the Wild aren't doing. They just sit around and wait for mistakes by the other team. Hockey was made to entertain, but Jacques Lemaire has decided to be a cunt rag and play for the points. I saw [on the television] a person in one of the seats alseep. This is going to destroy hockey, since AHL teams can pull this oiff, and take on NHL teams [Like the Wild].
It just pisses me off SO much, it isn't even funny. Ever wonder why people don't get 200 points in a season anymore? Other than the butterfly [style] and large pads used by goalies, a large part of it is thanks to the boring, lame and REALLY annoying trap/defensive style played by teams like the Wild.
Thats all I guess....