Hockey prompt:

I don’t have much opportunity to actually watch the NHL or any other hockey league apart from the occasional olympic tourney. But from what I manage to follow from the internet highlights and media, I think that from a fan’s point of view you can never have enough trick plays. Clever and inventive plays that find a new and often also skillful way of doing something are always good for publicity and can be a great way to draw more new fans to the sport, not to mention wowing and invigorating the existing fanbase. Although it could sometimes turn out quite the opposite as well, if you reminisce back to for instance that time when that team (I forget the exact team and coach), started to basically stop the play behind their own net for extended periods of time just to run down the clock. I mean that was kind of a trick play as well, if you look at it from a coaching perspective… But in general, I think the more trick plays, the better! I think a big reason why you don’t see much trickery in the NHL though, is simply the largeness of the stage and the fear of overwhelming ridicule when your attempt might fail.