Is this the worst NHL take of all time?

[@MILSPECMOM]

This dudes head would explode watching a player pull the Michigan.

[@Shurehlm]

Michigan is for showboats.

[@CamGoldberg3796]

@@Shurehlmbud it’s a valid way to score. Sure it’s flashy, but so are Connor Mcdavid highlights. Yet no one calls that showboating.

[@Shurehlm]

@@CamGoldberg3796 McDavid would never be caught dead doing instagram moves. They are too high risk. He care more about winning than getting on the highlight reel.

[@Surl9596]

@@Shurehlm”too high risk” aka skill issue

[@liams.8369]

​@@Shurehlm if you don't want showboat don't watch hockey

[@TrueMr.Quinn1]

Definitely a stupid take. You do anything to try and fake the goalie out one way while shooting another, and in a 1 on 1 with the goalie he’s more likely to buckle under that pressure.

[@NESADDICT]

He tried to score. That’s it. Get over it.

[@titaniumman_22]

Guy is a chump…Hughes just doing his thing.

[@Shurehlm]

Hughes was trying to showboat and he embarrassed himself.

[@titaniumman_22]

@ Ranger fan?

[@SaguaroStash]

It's a "media" thing not an NHL thing

[@potatonator-w8w]

@@Shurehlm embarrass himself and score 2 goals right?

[@CamGoldberg3796]

@@Shurehlmyour right, cause trying to score a goal is obviously showboating. Just admit you got dangled by a guy and are just angry at the world

[@ryankvopka931]

Valiquette hates hughes not just because he always scores against his beloved shesterkin, but also this is a guy that said kakko would be better than hughes. Boy was he wrong

[@raidersacdc4892]

Knew id see this comment.... Thank you

[@Varonno]

Valiquette = loser who only played 46 games. WHO CARES what he says??? 😂

[@nervcyc]

ding ding ding. we have a winner.

[@Shmanceypants]

So he's like the king of bad takes? Got it. 😂😂

[@xpindy]

Kakko is NOT as good as Hughes- but Hughes is also not what we used to call "an honest player".

[@nvsblty]

Has this guy ever watched Pavel Datsyuk?

[@Cheapshot420420]

or Kucherov with his "no shot" shot

[@haimo14228]

@@Cheapshot420420 Thing is, people whined about that Kuch goal too, didnt they? Doing nifty thing in sports, how dare they?

[@shook9843]

Pavel Datsyuk played instagram hockey..he didn't play intense hockey

[@calvinchambers839]

​@@shook9843that's because of positioning.

[@Brettzky91]

This guy probably got scored on by Pavel D

[@lapcevichgage]

Reminds me of Ovi roasting Don Cherry however many years ago. God forbid players play the game.

[@attrition71]

You mean Don Cherry roasting ovi******

[@brokl26]

@@attrition71Don Cherry was nothing more than a hockey sideshow. His take on hockey was never more than a “I’m better and tougher than anyone that has ever played the game.” He was always a joke with terrible insight. He absolutely hated players that played with finesse. Cherry only liked players that were trying to end their opponent’s careers. Even when the league was far more physical, it was still too weak for Cherry. Dude should never have been allowed on a microphone.

[@Crudymustard8]

@@brokl26 ESPECIALLY if they are not Canadian. especially especially especially if they were russian lol

[@crackcorn0404]

Getting scored on with that move isn't embarrassing for a goalie. To me, it means the goalie is respected enough to require a skilled move in order to beat him. Also, it was only 2-0. It's not like it was a blow out at this point.

[@kkacperowski]

Yeah i think Hughes kinda fucked up and tried the move to salvage the attempt.

[@fralf4381]

To score that on an NHL goalie is an incredible degree of difficulty considering how easy they cover the bottom of the net. But hughes is that kind of talent. Goes to show you how funny it was when sarah nurse did it and the broadcast booth went full on cheerlead mode and shesterkin didnt even try

[@AEGIPAN101]

Embarrassing a goalie is the ENTIRE POINT

[@xpindy]

So, since Shesterkin stopped him- should Igor have pointed his stick or waved at Hughes being that was the ENTIRE POINT?

[@robinhoodwinker8621]

Back in Valiquette's days, the Forsberg move was a novelty kind of like the Michigan was in more recent times. If you recall, for comparison, early attempts at the (rarer) Michigan move were sometimes met with criticism and accusations of disrespect. Now, we are quite used to seeing the "Forsberg deke", but Steve apparently hasn't left the 90s, and perhaps he let a few too many of those in.

[@kenneththorberg6914]

It wasn´t invented by Peter Forsberg , Kent Nilsson is the one who made that deke first of all. If you know your hockey , you know that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6DFcp-wramXjsU

[@kyledavidson8712]

Who tf is Steve vellequette and why is he talking. Whatever they pay that guy it's too much.

[@anthonylarson7919]

google him....he is the go to guy for a lot of analysis. He is legit, however this take is askew.

[@leemori90]

Right? I’ve never heard of this guy and I’m a hardcore hockey fan/watche

[@bdn144]

The guy barely played a half a season in the league. It’s no surprise a joke organization would hire someone that doesn’t even understand the sport they played

[@hollowmade]

I guess Vali hasn’t yet understood that hockey is entertainment. That’s what they get paid to do.

[@xpindy]

It's actually "sport"- people who have followed the Devils long enough remember when it was hardly entertaining. (In the 90's the line was "How can you tell if the Devils are playing? Half the crowd is asleep. How can you tell if the Devils are winning? The whole crowd is asleep.)

[@Rodz27]

People would get benched for trying that kind of deke only up 2-0 in the first.

[@dr.loomis4221]

He must hang out with Torts

[@Vic01_78]

Valiquette’s broadcasting career is as embarrassing as his pro career.

[@Riley-p4k2y]

Yep

[@WhyAreYouRunning356]

it's worse honestly

[@NothingToPointOut24]

He's had awful takes for years but usually only Ranger fans know about him. He probably sees guys like Biz and wants some national heat like he gets. Well now he's got it. Only mistake he made was it was an awful take and the hockey world is laughing at him. He should've picked his spot better.

[@trvman1]

@@NothingToPointOut24 Nope, he is SMART he KNOWS controversy is what gets you ATTENTION. He chose his words carefully. If he didn't, this video would not exist. Thus proving my point :)

[@Vancouverallday]

Imma take your word for it, cuz I never heard of him

[@gottoz4253]

Tarasenko not only did that in a Rangers jersey but he did it AGAINST the Rangers a few years earlier in their barn. You love to see it.

[@bted]

Plenty for the Rags to be embarrassed about. The breakaway was the one save Igor actually made on Hughes. But I wouldn't expect Steve Valiquette to have any sense of irony. BTW that breakaway was so clean, Hughes could have stopped and just stickhandled in front of the net for 3 more seconds before the Rag defense caught up. He could have done the fing Kuznetzov super-slo-mo shootout move and then, if he scored on that, skate away doing the double arm flap. Like an eagle. Not disrespectful at all.

[@LastEarBender]

perfect response by Hughes - doesn't give it any oxygen and is still a direct answer to the question

[@beaver_warrior]

The worst nhl take was Bryan Hayes demanding that players disclose every detail of their injuries because those unknowns fuck up sports betting odds 🤡

[@bows4031]

People paid to watch him play Instagram hockey

[@l2mloyalty929]

😅

[@wc123]

I don’t even know what that means

[@bows4031]

@@wc123 maybe you will one day. Powerful tool you have in your hands. It'd be a shame if you learned how to google

[@senseofjustice0218]

Hughes could have made a sandwich on the ice during that breakaway and still had time to get the shot off. If Valiquette is going to call anything "embarrassing" its the Rangers lack of defensive commitment during the beginning minutes of the first period.

[@AccipiterF1]

Yup. Worst take of all time. What a joke!

[@GoldCountryTrapping]

People actually watch the quacking heads between periods....LOL

[@2whl4re]

Tomas Hertl in his rookie year (3rd NHL game) scored 4 goals against the Rangers, and the 4th was between the legs as he passed the goalie left to right. I recall the Rangers being a little tweaked about that one - and significantly more of an embarrassment than this attempt by Hughes.

[@sneakmore]

I know where the guys coming from but it’s still a pretty brain dead take. You want more effort and to never go for simple plays purely for flash but thats just hockey man, sometimes its even just the player bailing on what they originally intended and doing what they can to still contest dont gotta always look for a reason to be mad

[@xpindy]

When you're playing "ass" you should ALWAYS be looking for things to get mad/motivated about. As a goalie he saw this as an obvious one- team has no heartbeat.

[@sneakmore]

@ okay but if you’re a goalie and you’re mad that the other team is taking every shot at you while laying down just for shits n gigs than i think maybe just maybe you’re better off venting on the defence not the other teams shot choice. This however is being mad that the opposing team had a flubbed breakaway and claimed it was “disrespectful” because it was a low effort. Okay, but… the team that is losing is wiffing at the puck even if you’re saying its just passion and care for the game than its still completely misguided like being mad that chocolate cake can have vanilla frosting. Theres better things to be mad about, possibly even stuff that doesn’t make him look like an idiot

[@tdfmtig]

That move has been around since before instagram

[@DoubleDOwnage]

One of the stupidest takes ever and Jack was like who? said what? And this guy watches hockey for a living? Are we sure?

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Vally is a talking head and a Rangers homer. So I dont really take anything he says seriously. But if you're going to say that the Rangers should've did something to Hughes because he did this (which in itself is ridiculous) shouldn't that have been the majority of his complaint? Like it was 90 percent bashing Hughes and then the other 10 percent was just ribbing the Rangers about not going after him. Considering he's a Rangers analyst, he should've said "How do you let Hughes do that and not go after him"..and then go on to bash Trouba and Fox etc about being soft and letting your biggest rival come into your building and run circles around you. He's moronic. And a hypocrite too considering countless Rangers (and other teams players) have done this over the years and not a peep from him. I wonder if he ever saw what Kucherov does on breakaways.

[@joeskrenta8767]

SV...that was a clown 🤡 statement! Does he even watch what goes on in the rest of the NHL! It's, JH just tring to score a goal. Taking it with a grain of salt. Let's go Devils...keep up the intensity! 😊

[@tradingmedic]

I dislike Steve. I've met him and he is a bit of a jerk.

[@Leroy-df3ee]

Igor looked good. Like Swayman, he is probably more worried about setting the goalie market. Hockey players are quickly becoming pampered, soft, and spoiled like most other athletes.

[@Movedtomexico2018]

Valiquette, who? Honestly, a life long Oilers fan and never heard of this guy.

[@slovak4life1991]

That's because he played 46 games in the NHL and won 16 of them.

[@saynotodrugs5765]

Clearly the man is trying to add fuel to the fire for the next game and it's failed miserablely. That's the only possible explanation for this guy's comments.

[@chrisgorgone5855]

Vally was wrong here but I give him a pass .. he’s always a great analyst ., probably just frustrated with how the team has been playing ..the Rangers should be showing some pushback and should be having better defensive coverage in Hughes

[@mmantzouris]

This

[@Naturalist1990]

Igor is a fantastic goalie behind a fraud of a team. I hope he doesn’t regret turning down that contract…he’s currently 48th in GAA and 26th in SV%. Obviously not all his fault, but definitely a bargaining chip the rangers front office is going to use against him unless they turn it around

[@scarosone14]

Valiquette is a Rangers analysis whose opinions as pro Rangers. He sees his team falling apart and looks frustrated watching them. Maybe he is hoping the Rangers watched what he said and get mad and do something. Obviously it failed.

[@russell-di8js]

I'm not a Hughes cheer leader but that analyst is spouting nonsense, it was obvious That Hughes was trying to score past an elite goalie. Steve Valiquette being more an*l than analyst doing what poor pundits do when they can't think of a good tactical point they try & be controversial.

[@BeerLeagueGoalieGodfather]

Dumb take. If anything it was a sign of respect that he knew he’d have to do something extra sneaky to beat Igor.

[@beefcube2414]

As a Rags fan, I'm extremely disappointed in them but I've got no hate for Jack Hughes or the others on the Devils team. Do I hate their franchise? Absolutely. But Valiquette is just being butthurt

[@dkatzism]

No one who is a fan of the team calls them Rags. Ever.

[@opiebluwsit9751]

@@dkatzism But they are the rags. 1994. Before color TV. Loser.

[@n8n8n8]

Pretty sure Mika has scored two Forsberg goals in game.

[@popeyesailor9571]

the one skate spin goal was great

[@steveover6253]

The New York rangers don't need any trains trades right now what they need to focus on is the defense coming up the thing and what's going on with the coaching and the team players whatever that is that has to stop.

[@connorwatson942]

clearly doesnt remember the Karlsson to Hoffman play from the sens run

[@mattwesthaver6909]

He takes it too far, but I watched that play in real time and it felt like a waste of a breakaway

[@theScotian24]

Great response by young Hughes 😄

[@bps7267]

The Rangers are trying to embarrass Shesterkin.

[@nreedbuffalo]

More instagram hockey than real hockey? Do you want him to truck your goalie?

[@FelixWheatfield]

Look, I get how frustrated everyone involved in the Rangers franchise is right now, but this is grasping at straws so hard, trying to maintain any amount of dignity or self-righteousness in the face of an awful streak. Horrible take. "I don't even know what that means" correct answer.

[@Kris-bx5qj]

it's a 2-0 game, it's not like it's in hand... lol now at the time had it been 4-0.. i could some what understand lol

[@PaulMarangoni]

Valiquette is nuts.

[@rangers1919]

He was trying to show off, It's not really debatable to anybody who has ever played. It was a sweet attempt.

[@caseys2734]

More likely he had to bail on his original move and that’s all that was left

[@boxvango9021]

Instagram hockey? That goal was good enough to be put on a national stamp for Sweden. BS take for sure.

[@tjacted1]

A LOT of us noticed that breakaway try WAS kinda weird though lol They looked like 2 friends, practicing LOL

[@jackeagleburger1456]

The devils IG post using that sound clip over the other 5 goals and the final score graphic was gold.

[@Violapianist]

Hey! Ppl pay to watch him play! Gotta give the ppl a show! 😊

[@remimk]

As a nucks fan.. I can sympathize....

[@mrfake675]

Hughes should be ashamed of himself. How dare he display his offensive creativity.

[@tsak912]

Valiquette is half right, low percentage attempt in a game that was technically still up for grabs

[@abrahamben-dayan9843]

Valliquete is an excellent analyst in general, everyone has bad takes, it happens.

[@aaronp1434]

could there be a worse take in nhl history? that was a weak forsberg attempt at best and certainly wasn’t intended to embarrass the tendy any more than his own defence already had.

[@GangStarr4life96]

i love that jack pretended not to know what the word embarassing meant

[@xpindy]

All he would have to do was pull up that clip of himself saying "people pay to watch me play" It doesn't get any more embarrassing than that.

[@jjns3991624]

There’s something in the water in NY that makes everyone suck. The players, the GM, the announcers always getting the players mixed up.

[@PetrHejtmanek]

Hertl was also "criticized" for the fourth goal between his legs against Rangers.

[@Wagbag0]

Same take as "the Michigan move is disrespectful to hockey"

[@Caniewaak]

"That would never happen in a game. When was the last time you saw somebody Forsberg move? In a game?" I'm pretty sure a guy literally named Forsberg did it earlier this season

[@TradingFeline]

Jack Hughes is just a chill guy trying to score a goal.

[@Hockeyguyspencer]

We need a bar down compilation in every video

[@evanv7420]

This season just ain't ours. It's a shame, and even the analysts are clowning

[@VanWailen]

As a Ranger fan I’ll say that Panarin has played lots of “Instagram hockey” with the Rangers so embarrassing the goalie is nothing but part of the game. Igor just showed everyone he’s not worth the money he thinks he’s worth.

[@sibbyeskie]

Hughes knew the goalie was getting bombarded and unsure. Not a bad time to whip out an odd move.

[@steveover6253]

Why is shistersky going down like quick does he should not be doing that He's getting bad habits The rangers are playing well they're only three or four games out the season just started everybody get off their backs

[@Crudymustard8]

Laviolette is so uninspiring. So glad the caps let him go relatively quickly.

[@Taylor_Gang1]

Hahaha 😂. He’s such a kid. I’m 32 and I’ve been watching hockey for 5 years. I don’t even know what he saying

[@jwt6577]

Steve played goalie... That really explains everything, we do try to protect our own.

[@Moose_Hawkins]

This is one of the most Old Man Hockey takes I've ever heard. What else is *Jack Hughes* supposed to do on a breakaway? Come to a complete stop in front of the crease and ASK Shesterkin if he can put it in the net??

[@juliefeeley1347]

May be the dumbest commentator comment ever. The other guy’s was kind of him to not throw Steve under the bus. Agree with Jack. What does that even mean?

[@Nicovertime]

Wondering why Steve doesn't know it's Jack's job to try to embarrass the opposition goalie. This guy has some kind of vendetta against Jack, ever since his draft year

[@mkchomponthis]

LGD

[@Mr_aviation753]

Under a min

[@xpindy]

Kids miss the point, using a "shootout" move during a game is a kind of disrespect. You could make a case for it had Hughes scored, but he didn't- I'm sure there was more than one veteran on the DEVIL'S bench who was thinking "WTF?"

[@derfman1792]

My first thought was Datsyuk, then I thought of Tarasenko, but with the Blues, I didn’t remember him doing it as a Ranger… Good video, terrible take.

[@jordanB9722]

Long time watcher first time commenting on here, I feel like these old heads just don’t want to give these young guys the respect for elevating the game to being more skilled less goony. But a blazing hot take for sure!

[@budbear2234]

It’s actually insane nobody has double digits against Igor though

[@joeschmo2693]

Shesterkin stopped it easy. How is that embarrassing? It was his one proud moment of the game.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I think exactly as Jack does, what does mean, that whole in my day thing is ridiculous, Jack's attempt at decking the goalie was just that, a deke, that guys trying to instigate something that's not even there. Jack's a class act.

[@moshesalzman9115]

It’s a stupid play. He doesn’t have a long enough reach

[@RGP43_]

i feel like this is being blown way out of proportion, due was clearly just trying to say they are up big and hughes did more of a fancy slow one handed move than a hard high percentage shot/deke

[@attrition71]

Laviolette effect. Lmao

[@ohitsshallows]

Vali's usually a pretty good on air guy and he gives a lot of good insight into Goaltending but even I was just scratching my head at this take watching it live. I think he, like most of us Rangers fans, is extremely frustrated by the team and their play and wanted to see more heart for the Rangers as they were letting Igor down yet again. He could have just said that instead of that bizarre ass comment, however.

[@PeterScheiber-pk6vg]

what a boneheaded take. get him outta here

[@JJZ77]

Rangers biased talking head being a clown? This is my surprised face.

[@PJJ196]

You should’ve included the X post from the devils making fun of this take

[@danb215]

I took it as shade towards the rangers and not Hughes.

[@sliehgtofhand]

Nah man, the dude's right. Hughes should have just not tried to score on the breakaway.

[@holliefitzzz]

imagine how comfy ur life is if ur offended by a dangle

[@1pbdecoded1pb]

First, I hate the Michigan because the blade of the players stick and the goalies eye are both going to the same spot. A goalie could lose his eye. I'd ban the Michigan even though I love Trevor Zegras. Please trade Zegras to the Pens, huge fan. Thanks for the info on the Rangers losing I noticed the Pens are only 1 point back of a wild card. Good job on the Tarasenko highlight. You should of tried to dig up "that old Goalie's" response on Tarasenko.

[@joshscratch1833]

valiquette is hard to listen to and hard to look at. nice toupee bud.

[@哀和]

Not really, if you consider the context of the Rangers right now and how they lack so much energy and passion… it’s understandable how he needed to interpret that shot in that way

[@modaloperator99]

He set out to score, not to embarrass.

[@Bawbcaht]

Curiously enough there was a Jack Valiquette who played in the 70s and 80s. Which is who I thought the commentator was. As a forward, something tells me that he'd laugh at this awful take as well.