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Sorry Puck Daddy. Here’s why tanking still sucks...

If you like hockey, you probably read “Puck Daddy”.

Today, Greg Wyshynski posted this blog entitled “Why I love tanking and hate Adam Gold’s solution for it“.

Seeing as I’m an avid Buffalo Sabres fanatic, this topic hit home. The Sabres are in the middle of the now-infamous “Dishonor for Connor” campaign. This season has been a hellish nightmare for a fan to watch. (I’ll assume you know this much already and not re-hash all of the ways in which the Sabres and GM Tim Murray have tanked. )

Many fans have touted the phrase “Embrace the Tank”, meaning they have learned to enjoy this terrible downward spiral in hopes of seeing a #97 in blue and gold next year.

I can’t embrace the tank. I’ve come to another place: “Accept the Tank”.

I don’t like it, but I accept that this is what we’ve come to. Let’s just go ahead and be terrible and, we hope, take home a McEichel for our troubles.

This brings me to Greg Wyshynski’s blog. There’s two key points made that I found just didn’t add up:

1. Tanking Isn’t a Problem?

In this blog, Greg Wyshynski states, over and over, that “tanking is not a problem”. I take umberage to that. Tanking is a problem. It rewards losing. It rewards quitting. It’s the opposite of competition and/or sportsmanship.

It’s just not a HUGE problem. That I can agree with. There are bigger problems with the sport; concussions, cheap shots, even the shootout are all things I would fix ahead of tanking. However, just because a problem isn’t common does not mean it’s not a problem. It’s just not a frequent problem.

My issue is that when tanking does occur every 5-10 years, it makes a whole season suck. That is a problem. I think it should be addressed.

Do I know the solution? No. I do not.

However, just because we don’t have a solution (yet) does not mean the problem doesn’t exist. 

Tanking is a problem. Accept it.

2. It’s only about winning, so cheer for a loser!

It’s true, people want to see a winner. Some fans see the big picture and can accept that the team will lose now to win later.

However, cheering for the opposing team in your own barn is just kinda lame. That’s all. It’s not a crime, it’s a just lame thing to do.

Isn’t one of the hallmarks of hockey to cheer the logo on the front and not the name on the back?

Of course, NHL players do the same thing on an annual basis: Parking loyalty to their team, their fans and their city to make cold, emotionless business decisions, like signing elsewhere or demanding a trade. But the moment a fan base does it; the moment the paying customers decide what they want to pay for, going forward … well, they’re just a bunch of meanies.

This statement is just a false equivalency argument. Players are being paid. It’s their job to make money in their often brief playing careers. Fans are not being paid. They are there, supposedly, for entertainment (ostensibly to cheer on their team.)

However, let’s go with it...

Players leave in free agency for more money. No fan praises them for it. In the NBA, did Cleveland fans praise LeBron for going to Miami for more cash? No, of course not.

When’s the last time you heard of a player demanding a trade getting chered for it? That’s right, you haven’t.

So, why should fans expect to be praised for disrespecting their players on the ice? It’s in poor taste, sor sure. Can they? Sure. If you  paid for the ticket, cheer on whomever you like. However, cheering for the other team doesn’t exempt you from the players’ disdain. Sorry, that’s just how respect works.

Cheering for the tank is like playing the “Don’t Pass” line at a craps table. Sure, you can do it, but most poeple think you’re an ass. If you can accept that people think you’re an ass, go for it.

In conclusion...

I do agree that tanking isn’t the biggest issue the NHL faces, but it is a problem. There’s nothing fun about watching your team “tank”.

It’s the antithesis of sportsmanship and competitition.

What’s fun about a season where winning is losing and losing still sucks? Nothing.

The NHL season should be fun, not a slow durge of endless losing in the hopes of some future prospect, even if that prospect is a McEichel.

You may think this is fun from the outside, but in here, in the heart of Hockey Heaven, it’s hell.

Tanking should be taken out of the game... just after the Sabres get McDavid, right?

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may i direct your attention to bryz, buff, the bottom left shanahan one, tazer+kaner, pierre, and the bottom right coyotes one?

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Coffee Table

What a great idea!

Hockey Coffee Table via puckdaddy/reddit hockey

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