Hockey Prompt -

Honestly, there is nothing worse in the NHL than people who embellish things to try to get calls. Overreacting to potential penalties is the absolute worst thing in sports as a whole. Nothing is worse than seeing a safety make a great play in the NFL and to see the receiver start pretending to throw a flag like it had to be a penalty. Soccer? What’s worse than seeing a player lose the ball, only to act like they got shot and electrocuted at the same exact time? In a sport that raves about being the toughest people around (you see a LOT of memes where a player stubs a toe in the NBA and misses four weeks whereas a hockey player gets his eye knocked out with a puck and plays the next period) its a really pathetic look for these guys to be drawing calls like that. I’m glad the referees are starting to call embellishment penalties more often already, in hopes that it will slow people from doing it. But there are players who exist to just draw penalties, so it’ll never be out of the game. Those players that get that bad reputation for being a diver are usually hated by fans, although they get that “hate the player but love him on my team” type praise. Overall, its just a really shitty look and I hate it. (232)