NHL Worst Plays Of The Week: DOWN IN FRONT! | Steve's Dang-Its 

Vegas going 0-17 in shootout attempts with their season on the line might be the biggest Dang Its possible

You know the call is wrong when even Jack Edwards argues against the bruins 😂

After "When are we ever gonna see that again" I half-expected his next words to be "For our next dang-it, let's see that again"

As a goalie myself, If I could pull a Partick Roy and carry it to center each time for shits and giggles, I would

Sabres fan of almost 36 years, here. What Jack did on that play was what all the Sabres did while he was there. I can't count how many times the Sabres retrieved a loose puck on the boards and attempted a no-look pass or clear like that only for it to result in a turnover and a goal. What was even more boggling was the fact that it was never corrected in the six years Jack played in Buffalo. I cannot tell you how nice it's been to watch that particular bad habit die this season for my Sabres.

That Kyle Okposo bet was similer to the guy who thought he had bet on Leicester City to their first game of the 2015-16 season but mistakenly bet on Leicester to win the Premier League in 2015-16 at the very long odds of 5000-1. To that point Leicester had never won a major trophy but won the league in probably the biggest upset in English footnall history.

ABSOLUTELY awesome content! Steve is common enough to "hang out" together, polished enough to present well, crass enough to be hockey, and edgy enough to be tons of fun!

I think it's a little silly to watch Fleury misplay the puck like he did in that clip. It's going to be so satisfying though to watch him enjoy some play-off hockey while Vegas watches from the sidelines. I'm torn between feeling that he was fortunate to have been traded away from a team that couldn't make the play-offs, or was it karma coming back to bite Vegas for trading away the face of their franchise in such a secretive dirty way. 🤷‍♂️

On Haula's PS: I'm pretty sure Steve is just being silly for the sake of being silly, but I actually like that the NHL has hard defined rules for stuff like this. If the puck stops motion after it has started, the play is over. Also, the puck has to completely cross the goal line to count as a goal. It doesn't matter how "little" Marchand moves the puck any more than it would matter how "little" of a puck still hasn't crossed the goal line. Any amount counts, since that's where we draw the line. Anything that is left up to the judgment call of the refs is bound to have issues, especially in hockey where the minutia of millimeters is sometimes the difference in a fast-paced full-contact sport with 100 mph pucks. If I want a sport where people just give me their feelings about who is the best on the ice, I'll watch figure skating.

Steve, I am a die hard bruins fan, and I’d have to say there isn’t a single hockey analyst out there better than you. The bruins have given you more nightmares and heartbreak over the last decade than any team, yet you tell it how it is. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. I can’t stand the leafs but I watch every lfr win or loss. Steve dangle makes hockey make sense for everyone. Top notch energy. Top notch analyzing, we need more hockey fans like Steve. Thank you for being you!

As a Caps fan, I think I can speak for all of us when I say that I’m scared for the playoffs. Our starter, Sammy, is incredibly inconsistent and we never seem to use VV in important games/ games against better teams. In my opinion Vanecek is a much better goaltender and we need to take advantage of what we have, while we have it.

After that Sabres shorthanded goal, they scored another on the same penalty kill

We ask the same thing every night Steve... trust me. No Caps fan knows what Samsonov is doing. Either losing his stick, or spinning like a top. Caps will get eliminated in the first round again if this happens in the playoffs. Can't do that against Florida.

It's simple: There has to be a Start and an End to a Penalty Shot. And the Penalty Shot starts, when the Puck is touched by the player and ends, when it's either in the net, being saved by the goalie, or misses the goal. Simple and most of all: it leaves no room for interpretation.

That penalty shot on Hoffman was dumb. He did "slash" the stick, but he only made contact with the blade, so that should have been allowed. I'm shocked Steve missed the other Dang It in that game when the Bruins had 8 or 9 players on the ice and yet they didn't get a too many men penalty.

I feel that the rule makes sense because as soon as you move that puck, it's in play. So, if you mess up the approach, that should be invalid and if you don't move it it's fine. You put in a 15sec time limit to have to touch the puck or the shot is waived off to stop any stalling or mind games. Not that dumb imo. Ever rule has those moments where the rule applies but is unnecessary, but the jurisdiction of that rule has to start somewhere.

I tuned in just in time to see Haula’s flyby. Never even knew about the “penalty” that led to it. Haha

The start of a penalty shot/shootout attempt is the puck being touched. After that forward momentum must be maintained in order for it to be legal. Marchand has to come to a complete stop and the puck comes to a complete stop. Haula doesn't start the attempt because the puck isn't stopped. We sometimes see guys on their attempts skate around the puck and cross the red line several times. If we were basing it off of them crossing the red line players wouldn't be able to cross the red line anymore before they attempt their shot.

I’m a fairly new hockey fan, and the first time I saw a goalie leave the goal, I thought, “that seems like a bad idea. They must know something I don’t.”

That Wallet shot from the islanders Casey Cizikas was So Sweet watching that play live butt i didn't notice the Goalie trying to catch puck with glove behind his back twice ....... lol

perfect timing, i was saved from doing my homework

The Jack edwards thing had me losing it 😂

How the hand pass goal in the Montreal- Philadelphia game wasn’t a dang it on the refs. I HAVE NO IDEA

As a former goaltender, I can tell you the reason goalies play the puck is because... its fun and I'm going to do something cool. The alternate reason is... my teammates aren't helping so I'll help myself... oh, nvm. Also for Samsonov, his stick/blocker looks like it gets caught a little bit on the top of the net and ice is slippery... or you know, spinning on your knees is fun and cool.

Lol even Haula dropped his stick and turned like "wtf did i do?! oh its on him, OH ITS ON HIM"

1:07 You are quite correct. Good call to not tease it; that's hilarious.

Lmaooo I lost it at that Tasmanian devil bit 😂😂🤦‍♂️🫢

Dang it's and hat picks are my favorite weekly shows on RU-vid I wish you could post these on a separate channel from sportsnet so I could sub and not get 500 notifications a day lol

As a goalie I have to agree, Samsonov wasn’t urgent enough to get back into position.

*J-F Berube's performance in tonight's game is a big Dang-It. Not sure if it'll be featured next week, though.*

I had both the Stars-Coyotes and Vegas-Blackhawks games on at the same time and within the same second the Stars went to overtime and the Blackhawks scored in the shootout and it was an incredible feeling

I feel like the first goal from the Hurricanes vs Islanders should have definitely been in here.

Steve your commentary was spot on and you are quite funny. Thank you for making me have a few laughs.

It always warms my hearr every time Steve makes an anime or a cartoon reference.

19:11 To be honest with you, when you look at it at first glance, it’s a slash. Then when I slowed it down, I noticed the sticks never made contact.

The penalty shot makes complete sense. There has to be a something that starts the shot attempt. It could be crossing the red line but that is no more arbitrary than touching the puck. And touching the puck rule means you don't have to scrutinize if he crossed the line a bit before getting it even in one motion. Once you have the rule on what starts the attempt it is no different than losing it half way down. Once the puck stops its forward movement the attempt is over.

Similar bet story, someone placed a 0.20$ bet on the 2020 f1 race at monza. The was a random podium with 67467:1 odds. Gasly, Sainz and Stroll. All three in midpack teams and all three with no race wins to their name. Surely enough. Gasly won, Sainz went second and Stroll went third. That race was insane.

I actually love Sammy’s spinning move though. It really made me laught hard everytime i watched it..

So glad to hear someone harp on "goalies tending the goal". I played goalie, and hated leaving the net open to play the puck behind the net. So many times you try and make the play, but can't get back there fast enough to really make a difference, let alone recover back to the net fast enough. And that doesn't even account for the odd ricochets the puck could take. That said, the coach would berate me anytime I wouldn't try to play a puck behind the net to the point some of my teammates would actually get mad at me too; like risking an open net was worth it so they didn't have to take an extra stride.

In the Devils - Sabres game there were actually not just 2 Dang-Its but 2 Dang-Its on the same power play that happened less than a minute apart.

Steve, don't think for a second that because you're Canadian, you've ever called it "Dragon Ball Zed". Now Lord Zed on the other hand...

I think that touching the puck signifies starting your shootout attempt. Similar to high jump where you can do your run up but not jump and it does not count as an official attempt. Or at least that is what I think.

With regards to the "tend the goal" trope .. it's normal for regular fans (and players) to think that the goalie should just stay in the net, or that he opted to just go for a little wander out of boredom. The thing is, these goalies have to play these pucks, it's part of the defensive system. If a goalie doesn't play it, he'll hear it from the D or the coaching staff, it's that important. So yes, it's valid to criticize the choices made by the goalie (where he played it, although a lot of those are drilled plays where he's supposed to put it), but they have to do it. The times they get scored on playing the puck stand out, but we don't have the benefit of seeing the stats for if a goalie didn't play the puck in these situations, chances are they'd be facing a lot more scoring opportunities. /Goalie thru college.

Poor Iceburgh, he's just trying to fire up the crowd with the air horn and then gets caught in the cameraman line of sight. But I agree with Steve that it was a] hilarious, and b] kudos to the producer in the truck for not cutting away.

I guess it's a technicality: the attempt is considered started when the guy touches the puck. If you touch the puck and overskate it - you screwed up. If you overskate the puck without touching it - well, you didn't start your attempt, you are just having fun and preparing for it.

Best Vegass vs. Sharks game since this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e1YPwY62g8s.html

I knew 10000% when i saw that Quicky flub that it would end up here. His posture afterwards was heartbreaking

"I'll try spinning - that's a good trick!" - Samsonov

About the penalty shot. I agree with the call (no touch no foul). Like in The Mighty Ducks , when they skate circles around the puck (technically going beyond it) before touching it and moving forward with it

The way he says “it’s a secret lol”

omg @ the goal on quick LOL

Eichel just never looks happy. He’s so talented yet he makes me feel like no one enjoys his energy levels in the locker room. Maybe I’m wrong.

Did anyone see the puck curve after the shot, like how did he do that, I am impressed

I think the touching the puck in the penalty shot thing is like the thing in chess where once you let go of a piece you moved, you cannot pick it up again, even if in a split second you realized you messed up and changed your mind about the move. Once you let go, the piece is has been played. Once you touch the puck, the puck is in play. But maybe not, I don't know

haula’s face after the goal says it all lmaooo

I miss Calgary - Nashville. What about the 0.1 Sec. Goal from Tkchuck, that made the OT possible???

I'm so happy seeing the cizikas goal XD

Steve: "I guarantee you weren't expecting that" on the Iceburgh camera block. I saw that live and the only thing I wasn't expecting was for it to be first and the thumbnail.

I thought he was in front of a TV screen until it zoomed out and people were sitting with him lmao

Laughed out loud at the mental vision of Haula skating around the rink 5 times before picking up the puck and going in for the penalty shot.

For the Haula/Marchand debate, I think Marchands touch and then skate back to get it showed the puck was no longer in his control. Where with Haula, the puck was never in his control so it didn't count as a loss of control? Maybe?

Also the Bruins commentators on that penalty shot…it’s like listening to Car Talk.

One of the most irritating comments to me, as a goaltender, is “if you’re a goaltender, tend the goal”. Playing the puck as a goalie is an enormous part of the game. It can save your defensemen being hit in a compromising position, or save some of their energy if they’ve got a forward glued to them. Good goaltenders can catch the opposition on a bad change and help generate a chance, and goalies that know how to play the puck help prevent your team getting work down by constant cycling of the puck. Yes, mistakes happen, but the benefits outweigh the cost. That’s why goalies still play the puck in spite of this asinine one liner. The only people that say “if you’re a goaltender, tend the goal” are the ones that only watch hockey, and don’t play hockey.

12:00 That is also quite the outstanding hat pick for the goal! That looked really awkward to shoot as he was _on the ice_ when he shot that!

The touching of the puck is what starts the play.(like the face-off) remember the goalie can't leave the crease and set up until the puck is touched by the shooter. So if the player touched the puck its no difference if he loses control of the puck on the goalie's doorstep or if he moved it 2 inches. By your logic if a player loses control of the puck at anytime they should get a do-over... aren't shootouts long enough already. Which could lead to the same problem with the shootout - don't like your angle or approach -- oops lost the puck do-over!

Eric Haula almost became Brad Marchand for a second.

This is not the first time Samsonov has made a boneheaded move like this (miscommunicating with his teammates and misplaying the puck). It happened in the playoffs last year. In freaking overtime. I belong to a handful of Caps groups on Facebook that do game day threads. In one of them, someone commented, "If you're a goaltender..." to which I responded, "TEND THE GOAL!!!"

the difference between haula and marchand was that the rule of keeping the puck on ur stick wasn’t followed. touching the puck makes it move so u have it on ur stick for like 1 second and then u don’t. but haula never had it.

@SteveDangle You are correct in that the job of a goaltender is to tend the goal... but the most important job of any teammate is to protect their fellow teammates. Goaltenders playing the puck is as much a defensive strategy as it is a safety measure. Whenever the puck is dumped behind the net-- especially when it's moving so slowly that it might stay behind the net-- if your team's defenseman is first en route to the puck with a forechecker hot on his heels, they are susceptible to the worst kind of checks imaginable. I've seen defensemen toe pick while trying to deke out the forechecker and go into the boards awkwardly and I've seen full cheap shots from behind in these situations and if the goaltender is too scared to make a play on the puck out away from the end-boards, they're going to feel responsible. Plus playing the puck is a lot of fun.

"Players start incorporating that into their shootout and penalty shot attempts." Are you suggesting if Haula didn't overskate the puck, but did everything else the same, that somehow Montembeault would have made the save? "Sorry coach, I was tracking the puck perfectly but that tricky thing 100 feet ago where the puck didn't move pulled me way out of position."

Am I the only one who thought of Dean Youngblood circling the puck in his penalty shot?

This is the indeed the best day of the week 🙌🏼

Isnt the rule that if the puck stops forward motion, towards the goal, then its considered a miss? I think its like that so that shootouts are a bit more even between goalie and shooter.

The color analyst for the Caps is brutal

Steve, the only argument against a penalty shot would be if the penalty wasn’t a penalty. There are 4 criteria for a penalty shot: Fouled directly from behind or diagonally from behind Fouled beyond the defending blue line No player between the player fouled and the goal tender And the foul denied the player a reasonable scoring opportunity. The slash is that he came down on the stick and knocked it out of Haula’s hands. That’s what the ref saw and called. From his angle, all the penalty shot criteria were met. If he was on the glove side rather than the blocker side he might have seen that the swing around did not actually cause the stick to come out of the players hands, as Haula just dropped it, but since the ref was blocked by Haula’s body, from his position, that was the right call.

The biggest dang it of the Binnington goal is the commentator was praising him and his puck playing abilities at the time of the goal..

Quite excited for next week, can't wait to see Toronto blow another first round series again.

haha WOW when the Bruin's announcers even say they don't see the penalty, you know there's absolutely nothing there lmao.

Hidden dang it… the clock keeper lights it up as a Washington goal when Samsonov committed his dang it.

11:38 there is 2 dang its. Number 1, samsonov misplay. Number 2, the scoreboard said Washington scored

Steve, if you don't touch the puck, the play doesn't start. if you move the puck, it's in play if you're a pro that means you have control, if you lose the puck during the play too bad for you. But if you don't move the puck, then the play has never started. that's the difference. Further it shouldn't have mattered, the whistle hadn't been blown to stop the play so the goalie has no excuse....what did every coach from mites always say, "play the game till you hear the whistle..." that said, you're right it shouldn't have been a penalty shot, and the idea of a slash is debatable. FYI I'm as much a Bruins fan as you are a Leaf's.

That Eichel giveaway was just a thing of beauty to watch.

Not sure if it would be a dang-it or a hat pick but that Okposo goal was one of 2 shorthanded goals on that same penalty, which is usually something that happens against the Sabres, not for

"Super Doesn't" may be the term of the year.

the marc andre fleury one was a prime example of fleury going and getting it for fun lol

Where's Jean-Claude Van Damme when you need him!?!?

Eichel, stone, petrangelo, pacioretty, lehner, how many others. The oilers strategy of top pick didn't work for the knights either.

Another Dang-It in this video, shown but not mentioned: after the Samsonov spin-o-rama, the score bug (incorrectly) played its animation awarding a goal to the Caps before (correctly) awarding one to the Islanders.

Gotta disagree with Steve's take on the shootout rule. I'll concede that Marchand's attempt and Haula's makes very little practical difference, but you have to draw the line somewhere and I think saying "the puck must always be moving forward" is much easier to measure and call objectively than any other wording of the rule. For a league that already has problems with imprecise wording and bad calls the line being so clear cut and easy to determine is a big time plus, even if from a logical perspective there is effectively no difference.

Charlie's penalty shot in Mighty Ducks. counted for the league title. dude circled the puck three times before heading down ice

The dangit at 11:43 is so bad the scoreboard couldn't handle it. If you watch closely it updates first for Washington, then corrects itself and does it again for the Islanders.

In the islanders caps one when cizikas scored it said washington goal and then it said islanders goal

Fleury flew too close to the sun, and fell from Hat Pick to Dang-It

Kind of surprised the Evan Bouchard goal off the top of the goal wasnt on here lol

Missing Pittsburgh getting a goal against Detroit clearly after the whistle is a dangit.

The only thing that makes cents is when you break a dollar... 😂 🤣.

If you’re a goaltender, *tend the goal* If you’re a beekeper, *keep the bee* If you’re a civil engineer, *engineer the civil* If you’re a fireman, *man the fire*

To be fair, half the crowd at any ducks or kings game is a fan of the opposing team. So hearing "loud disappointment" is to be expected

I like that Seth Jones contract is a bonus dangit.

I was at the Caps game and yelled "If you're a goaltender, tend the goal!"