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Sick

by John Cole|  January 14, 202011:42 pm| 25 Comments

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You don’t even need to understand hockey to appreciate this:

Oh how we've missed you, Sid. pic.twitter.com/EYxkPn59GE

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 15, 2020

Pass to yourself off the back of the net, wheel around, and pass a ridiculous laser of a pass across a packed crease. Absurd.

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  1. 1.

    stinger

    January 14, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    You’re right — I don’t know hockey, but I can see what you’re describing and it’s astounding!

  2. 2.

    TaMara (HFG)

    January 14, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    The speed…just wow.

  3. 3.

    Kent

    January 14, 2020 at 11:59 pm

    The reverse directions through the legs pass back to yourself.  I’ve never seen that in hockey before.  Is there a name for that?  If not there should be.  It’s called a “nutmeg” in soccer.

  4. 4.

    Barbara

    January 15, 2020 at 12:01 am

    The announcers after the game talked about how he practices plays like this every day, so that they are not merely a matter of luck during the game.

  5. 5.

    gsp

    January 15, 2020 at 12:01 am

    Signaling to McDavid, not yet son

  6. 6.

    Barbara

    January 15, 2020 at 12:03 am

    @Kent: I don’t think it is going through his legs but off the goal post or net.  It is hard to see baecause it happens so fast.

  7. 7.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    January 15, 2020 at 12:05 am

    Wow, that was amazing how they were able to fake out the other team and score

  8. 8.

    Kent

    January 15, 2020 at 12:07 am

    @Barbara: I’m seeing him pass it off the back of the net and then bouncing back through the opponent’s legs like a pool bank shot.  But it is lightning fast.

  9. 9.

    Barbara

    January 15, 2020 at 12:11 am

    @Kent: Now I see it.  I thought you meant his own legs, which I have seen in soccer.

  10. 10.

    EmanG

    January 15, 2020 at 12:15 am

    It’s things like that that make it impossible for me to quit watching sports. It’s the one true entertainment vehicle we have where chance and skill let us see the improbable and sometimes the statistically impossible. It’s why I like improvisational music and improv comedy. Most everything else we consume entertainment wise has all the choices pre-made. It’s so gratifying to see some insane shit go down on the field (go CHIEFS!!) and know that the only reason it happened is because it happened. Also, anyone trying to ween themselves off football with hockey? How’s it going?

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    January 15, 2020 at 12:29 am

    @Kent:

    A nutmeg in football is when you send the ball between an opponent’s legs, rather than between your own.

  12. 12.

    Kent

    January 15, 2020 at 12:33 am

    @Amir Khalid: That is what I’m seeing here on this clip when he passes it back against the back of the net and it comes back through the opponents legs as he changes direction.  But it is so fast I can’t be positive.

  13. 13.

    Aleta

    January 15, 2020 at 12:57 am

    Guys are amazing.

    Humans are amazing.  They come up with a metal blade, put it on a shoe—on ice going forward its coefficient of friction is practically zero, but pressed sideways it’s practically infinite… and out of that we get great speed going in one direction, but with great maneuverability.   With that we go play a game on a frozen lake.  (+ sticks and a rock or apple or something)

  14. 14.

    Mnemosyne

    January 15, 2020 at 1:27 am

    So I finally got rid of the flu (mostly) but seem to have somehow managed to cough myself into a flare-up of sciatica and I can’t get in to see my physical therapist until Thursday morning.

    It’s either sciatica or periformis syndrome, which is quite plausible since I tend to have a lot of issues with my periformis.

  15. 15.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    January 15, 2020 at 1:36 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    A lot of flu and bronchitis seems to have been going around lately for the past month or two. I came down with sinus infection a few weeks ago; the kind where you cough like crazy all the time

    That’s rough with the sciatica. I hope you get that under control soon.

  16. 16.

    Citizen Alan

    January 15, 2020 at 1:38 am

    I didn’t watch the debate and didn’t see anything out of the ordinary mentioned on the thread below, so can someone tell me why the hell #neverWarren is trending on Twitter. Lot of utterly hysterical Bernie types are shrieking like howler monkeys.

  17. 17.

    frosty

    January 15, 2020 at 1:39 am

    @EmanG: Hockey, meh. I’m probably done watching football this year after the Ravens playoff game. TN was definitely better that night.

    Little known (?) fact: Hockey rules were derived from lacrosse.

  18. 18.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    January 15, 2020 at 1:42 am

    @Citizen Alan:

    Wilmer’s “a woman can’t be elected president” remark to Warren last year got brought up and Warren got a zinger on Wilmer, saying that the two women on the debate stage had won all of their elections. She also refused to shake his hand at the end of the debate

  19. 19.

    Citizen Alan

    January 15, 2020 at 2:17 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    That’s it? My God, Bernie scum have even thinner skins than Trump trash!

  20. 20.

    opiejeanne

    January 15, 2020 at 3:13 am

    It’s too fast for me to follow. I keep losing track of the puck.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne

    January 15, 2020 at 3:13 am

    @Citizen Alan:

    In 2020, Bernie attracts thin-skinned internet bullies. ‘‘Twas not always thus since a lot of fairly sensible people supported him in 2016, but he leaned into that “thin-skinned bully” persona for the last 4 years and this is the result. ?‍♀️

  22. 22.

    Mnemosyne

    January 15, 2020 at 3:17 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    I finally figured out that standing makes it hurt worse than moving, but I’d never realized how much of my bedtime routine depends on standing in one place until I tried to do it while walking in place. Ouch!

  23. 23.

    debbie

    January 15, 2020 at 7:26 am

    Moments like this, hockey is a thing of beauty. Sadly, though, there are many more Lemieux Sandwiches.

  24. 24.

    indianbadger

    January 15, 2020 at 10:41 am

    The best part is number 46 was like, “Oh shit, Sid’s doing his move”, and skedaddles out of the way. Looks like Pens practice this play.

  25. 25.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    January 15, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    Wow! I’m also amazed at how the Pen player who scored the goal just silently drifts to be in the right place to bang it in. I count at least two Pens who must have been practicing with Sid no longer a Kid.

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