Prompt Two

We need more trick plays in hockey! I think the reason we do not see them very often is because of all the moving pieces and randomness that exist in the game. You see trick plays quite a bit in baseball and that is because that game is basically math. Everything is broken down to a degree that thinking outside the box will generally catch people off guard. In hockey, even the best laid plan could completely fail to come together because the puck hit a seam in the glass and bounced the totally opposite way. When it come to the stuff like lacrosse goals, we need all we can get. Hockey, to an outsider, looks like dudes smashing into each other. Those bright spots of pure skill draw people into the game. Trick plays and hot dog moves are fun and sports are meant to be fun, too. Hockey takes itself far too seriously most of the time.
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