Hockey Prompt.

Why don't you see more trick plays or creative cool moments in the NHL? Well the first problem is that the league is too damn fucking hard. I feel like in a lot of the highlights where you see this happen it is often in the juniors, college, or internationally where there are giant gaps in skill and talent. Pulling off that cool tricky shit is just way too hard to rely on it consistently and it feels like it's often the young lads who are doing it in this league. Like Trevor Z. of the Ducks or Tomas Hertl of the Sharks. You remember that insane goal Hertl shot through his legs in that game against the Rangers when he was like a rookie? Shit was gnarly. Anyways he was basically a rookie or something when he did that and Trevor Z is super young too. They are not that far removed from playing at a lower league where they could more reliably pull that shit off. They've not yet been scolded by NHL coaches for hours for even thinking of doing such shit in an actual game. Coaching in the league knows that shit is generally bad, even if it is cool and they try to coach it out of their players. However, I think it's fun and Trevor Z's goal no doubt inspired thousands of kids to play hockey. Let the kids play.