NHL Worst Plays Of The Week: THAT'S GOTTA HURT | Steve's Dang-Its

Steve Dangle shares his picks for worst plays of the week in the NHL. He goes over everything from Matthew Tkachuk getting a stick to the groin to a numerous amount of no-goal reviews.
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[@shiro1744]

Jamie Benn’s “explanation” for his actions has to be the Dang-It of the year.

[@zuchinnithegreat4408]

I used my stick as a landing point. 😐💀

[@gypsy2329]

I'm sorry your face got in the way of my stick.

[@snowman9123]

Spot on, I watched the interview live and could not fathom how he expected anyone to believe he "fell" on Stone.

[@jimb.7523]

@@snowman9123 "His (Stone's) stick fell on me and put me off balance so of course I fell! It was so heavy! Did you see the knob on the end?!" ~Jamie Benn (probably)

[@blackbeard3674]

Man that is exactly what I came here to say! 😂 Like pretty much word for word lol

[@doggosplosion]

Mark Stone putting up his hand in defense and knowing what was coming down from Benn, after the stick mix up; shows Benn knew he was essentially guillotining Stone.

[@TippiGordon]

I liked the part where Steve definitely didn't tell George Parros to resign or say that George Parros is bad at his job.

[@georgeblair3894]

At this point, that's a given.

[@SilentButDudley]

The entire third game and everything around it was one of the biggest dang-its in Dallas History.

[@matrix_killer2455]

No lie. That comment was silent but deadly🤣

[@nates9029]

There could be three Dang-its based on Jamie Benn alone this week.

[@doctorcane]

That's actually a WTF-its.

[@CRlMZlN]

As a Wings fan, seeing Benn get away with this BS yet again is beyond infuriating. The Department of Player Safety is utterly useless.

[@Drockaggie25]

I mean he got punishment. I don't know what else you can ask for.

[@Datboyo]

@@Drockaggie25 nah, dude needs to be out the nhl

[@marciimeris503]

​@@Datboyoas much as I used to like the guy I'm in agreement he just doesn't learn

[@jspotter89]

Jamie Benn's explanation of his crosscheck reminded me of that Simpson's where Snake Jailbird (the criminal guy) goes to the ER and says, "Uh, yeah, I kind of...fell...on a bullet, and it drove itself into me."

[@incendiary6243]

Mark Stone on his back, arm up covering his face, as Benn leans down and forcefully shoves his hands and stick directly into Stone's neck is great evidence for the fact that it was all just a big accident. He was just fallin, yaknow?

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

Yeah. And I've got some oceanfront property in Oklahoma to sell ya.

[@planetcaravan2925]

​@@davidfrischknecht8261 no ocean there..

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

@@planetcaravan2925 Exactly.

[@snowman9123]

Steve you need to put together of Benn's "questionable" cross checks and include it as a George Parros "Dang It" video on it's own

[@timdowney6721]

There can be a weekly, full-length Dang-It episode all off-season featuring Parros and nothing but Parros. DoPS is a total clown show.

[@edwardskeva9307]

First mistake from the NHL is putting a goon in charge of player safety. He’s okay with that behavior.

[@snowman9123]

@@edwardskeva9307 The right person(s) need to be in the job. However, please keep in mind I began my love of hockey playing on the rink in my backyard 60 years ago, until hockey eliminates fighting from the game they will continue to have these type of issues. When fans cheer louder for the fight than the goal scored how can we expect the league to take steps to discipline plays like Benn made the other night. Hard physical hits BELONG in the game but plays like Benn makes with regularity do not. The league has boasted its concussion protocols but does nothing to correct the behavior of those players hitting after whistles, checks from behind, spearing players in the groin (Benn twice) and lastly that a penalty in the second period of an Oct 31st game is still a penalty in the 2nd overtime of game six of any playoff game you will continue to see this nonsense. Ed you are right something needs to change, but the fans have to demand the change to the game they love.

[@mikolajorzechowski2423]

keep reminding people and the nhl that these aren't just hockey players... they're human beings with friends, families, and lives of their own. you see a player get brutally injured and the nhl go "meh"... but what about the player who now has to live with chronic pain or injury for the rest of their lives?

[@dankallish5998]

Jamie Benn has a history of cross checking people in the neck. He broke Dylan Larkin's neck. But he's a "star" in the league, Captain of his team, so yeah 2 game suspension and a nonsense apology fits his MO.

[@wericia1657]

Non-apology apology.

[@LordJaroh]

And yet Schiefele gets 4 games against Montreal for "charging". The refs and player's safety are garbage.

[@rhyta5042]

@@LordJaroh Yes, Cale Makar gets suspended for a bad hit, Eberle does a similar hit in the series, breaks a bone in Cogliano's neck, zip zero not even a penalty. Benn also hit Makar in the head earlier in the season, Makar's first game back off concussion protocol. He knew about that injury and he knew Stone had been recovering from an injury too. The officiating in the playoffs this year really was terrible.

[@jeremylister3207]

Rod Brind'Amour brought up some great officiating ideas during his 32 thoughts interview. Wish they would move to something like that.

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

Saying Vegas got 2 power-play goals on the 5 minute power play, when they only got 1. That’s a dang it

[@justinstruyck9989]

Jamie Benn is a DANG-IT. He alone is the reason I can't root for the Star's, not even a little bit. I actually always want them to loose just so he doesn't win. Oh and ya I don't give a flying Eff that I am petty. It's just my opinion

[@hax0n23]

Very conflicted as a texan. Luckily I'm in NC now so the hurricanes are my team.

[@davidgriffith3938]

It's remarkable how reasonable Steve's analysis is when the games do not involve the Maple Leafs :)

[@phen314]

Best thing James Dolan's ever done as a sports owner was the statement calling for Parros to be fired. (And then he of course threw all the goodwill away two days later firing JD.)

[@powwowken2760]

It's weird how someone as objectively terrible at their job as George Parros is still in his position... It's almost like qualifications have nothing to do with why he got the job in the first place.

[@iAmCyberwaste]

You know what made me want an Advil? Whatever Jamie Benn did, and what the people who chucked things did too. Gave me a splitting headache.

[@Drockaggie25]

It hurt to watch that game as a Stars fan. We aren't all like that.

[@BecauzRacecar]

Fines just mean "legal for a price"

[@lefertheloafer]

Feel the difference: one "captain" wants to inflict injury, the second Captain suffers (although he could answer), because he does not want to let the team down.

[@flyingtiger1603]

Jamie Benn saying he accidentally fell on Stone kind of sounds like when a guy cheats on his girl and gives the same excuse.

[@UndraftedAgain]

LOL

[@shammi8133]

Here's my thing isn't there a 10foot by 10foot tv over center ice of almost every rink.

[@TheSouthVaBoy]

Loved the Jamie Benn rant

[@nicolelala10]

“Do something before something worse happens.” Steve, I’ve never loved you more than I do right now. The department of player safety ( buttman’s excuse dept) is a freaking JOKE! I’ve read all the books about Montador, Boogaard and the others. This whole “playoff hockey is different” must end NOW! I propose this….if a player is penalized for an intentional infraction that injures another player, the suspension should at least equal the time the injured player is out. Steve Moore/Todd Bertuzzi as an example.

[@timdowney6721]

Human anatomy reacts to the application of force just the same in May as it does in November. Bettman won’t be happy until someone is paralyzed or dies.

[@reaganharder1480]

In the same vein of being more drastic, I propose an additional rule that after a certain number of suspensions within a certain time-frame, a player is expelled from the league without pay, possibly forever, and if not forever for at least 2 or 3 years.

[@deusvult6920]

No, playoff hockey *is* different. Go find a different sport. Maybe soccer is more to your liking. The players know what they're signing on for.

[@Maidandthepocketwatchofblood]

@@deusvult6920 Most clueless take possible. Grow up. The sport will not be around if player safety is not taken seriously. Like every other extreme contact sport.

[@GinoVanilla-uy5um]

@@deusvult6920 🙄

[@cybruswolf9354]

DoPS created a new standard, guillotining is 2 games

[@jonmendelson1104]

There's a reason they're often referred to as the DoPeS

[@ethanoneill2792]

At least there's no gotender missed playing the puck

[@sheabrockhoff2279]

I mean, Stone looked up at him, had enough time to raise his hand in defence at what I can only assume was because of a murderous, glassy look in Benn’s eyes. Benn’s defence? I fell

[@alanvanasch4793]

The thing about Gostisbehere diving has a point as the stick mostly hit his visor.... but it's still a high stick. If the visor wasn't there, it would have hit him in the face. If the refs can talk about it for a minute, they can pull out that stupid iPad a look at one or two replays

[@LateCloser]

Imagine having a guy who made his living as an NHL goon, being in charge of player safety. I wonder how hard he'll be on goons, like him. Oh, he looks the other way? Shocking.

[@LHOH197]

It's too bad sportsnet decided to not let you do the NHL hockey stream like last year this were cool

[@TheMikeyb86]

1 game for Petro's attempt to break Drai's wrist. A few inches and he succeeds or, worse he hits his head and successfully beheads Draisaitl. It's all laughable the responses by NHLPS, which are essentially non-responses.

[@cow4094]

Absolutely should have been a high stick. And yes. Embellishment should be called with it as well. Dude got hit in the visor and acted like his face was sliced in half by a skate.

[@pathindsley]

Where’s the double minor on Nick Cousin’s that got missed earlier in the same game? His teeth are red from all the blood. How can you call the high stick at the end of the game if you don’t call the earlier one that drew blood?

[@cow4094]

@@pathindsley I'm talking about that specific play. Not the cousins one. For cousins, yes. That should have been a penalty as well. Lot of misses in the game and ticky tac calls

[@yowman98]

I'm not sure about the embellishment tbh. I think it's just a gut reaction to overreact when something hits your face, it's where some of the squishiest and most important organs are you're hardwired to want to protect it. It looks a lot worse in slowmo, but in real time.. idk its on the line but I'm inclined to let peoples natural reactions play out without extra punishment

[@barx]

​@@yowman98The problem is that it doesn't look like Ghost even got hit in the face, if anything it looks like he had his visor tapped with how high the toe of the blade was - and that's not where Ghost was reaching.

[@bajjanitor]

@@yowman98 If that's the case then slap them with embellishment penalties until they learn to control their gut reaction. But it isn't the case, as we can see by the hundreds of times each game players are hit by a glove, arm or shoulder in the face. They eat those without acting like they are shot - because they aren't rewarded with penalties for those.

[@mmarksz86]

Guy on my beer league team was ranting in the locker pre-game about how he's glad Benn did it and wished he had actually hurt him and that he's glad Dallas fans threw stuff and hoped they would do it again, and worse, the next game. Most awkward locker room I've ever been in. And, yeah, he is a Stars fan.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

Now we know why it's called "beer" league.

[@VompoVompatti]

The problem with the injured player review is that you drive the sport closer to soccer where players stay down and roll around after each foul. I would much rather see ref on the sky who would talk to the referees on the ice and tell them what they missed regardless of players flopping around on the ice.

[@thraymn6996]

You'd still have penalties for embellishment, however, which would curb that type of flop, especially if players know they're going to get called on it from the review.

[@INMATEofARKHAM]

​@thraymn6996 Still better to risk it if it's going to be a goal like the example we just saw.

[@mikelonsberry7489]

Make diving calls in these situations an automatic double minor or a major

[@micahcunningham6812]

Rugby has a TMO that monitors whole game real time, and has constant communication to match official, and it works very well

[@LisaMarieFord]

Steve and/or Producer Nick, next week you guys ought to have the tweet from the NHL PR account congratulating Gary Bettman on his lifetime achievement award from the SBJ Awards as well as “The NHL also won the SBJ award for Sports Breakthrough of the Year: Digitally Enhanced Dasherboards.” And they got such negative feedback about the epic fail and medical issues of digital boards, including from yours truly, that they deleted the tweet! People were tweeting screenshots and screen-captures of times when the boards glitched out or completely hid a play. That’s a double Dang-It at list, but maybe even a Hat Trick of a Dang-IT: one for the stupidity of giving that the award and one for tweeting about it then deleting it, but I kind of feel the whole digital boards fail is a dang-it in itself.

[@poopmcgee2410]

Kaprizov wondering where that ref was in round 1

[@jayj6367]

Not in the ⚾️🏀 that's a dangit

[@meghunter8348]

I was at a party during the Florida-Carolina Game 2, keeping track of the score on my phone, and I thought at first that it was glitching when two different goals were called back, but nope!

[@jonmendelson1104]

Hey, earlier this year I was watching a Sharks Oilers game and four goals were called back (three for the Sharks, one for the Oilers). Unfortunately since I'm a Sharks fan the game still went to overtime rather than a regulation loss for the Sharks (that was one of sixteen loser points the Sharks got and they'd have had the second best lottery odds and three fewer would've given them the best odds in the lottery/a guaranteed top three pick).

[@timleftthebuilding]

This is possibly the best Dang-it video yet! I agree with everything you said and really enjoy your humor

[@20motu08]

In my opinion, the worst part is Benn not even admitting his action like a true leader (as in CAPTAIN) would do. "Hey guys, I really messed up, this should never happen and I am sorry, this is not the example I want to set for our team". But instead, he pretends it was not even intentionally like any 8 year-old trying to get away with whatever BS they pulled of. RIDICULOUS! Should have been stripped the C long time ago, latest after this game, what a disgrace.

[@agatasoda]

8:13 "What's wrong with that solution?" It makes too much sense...

[@craighefner6243]

Here's how you stop behavior like Benn's. When a player enters pro hockey, they have 20 points. For egregious penalties, they (NHL Player Safety) takes points away, one to ten points, depending on the level of the intent to injure. When a player is out of points, they're out of the league. I don't think they care about fines. They do care about their career - more than anything. These kinds of incidents will be almost eliminated. The worst offenders will have short stint in the pros (this should begin when they are in the minors and continue into the NHL).

[@TheGeekyandproud]

a jomboy reference was unexpected but very delightful. now we need jomboy to reference Steve

[@skylarsimes8]

Im surprised Benn got suspended cause DoPS with eberle already said its ok to break someones neck

[@christopherhorning9955]

Not even worth a hearing, what a joke that was. Meaning DoPS is a joke, just to clarify.

[@mcj88]

19:25 - "Jamie Benn's a dirty player, but he's also an Art Ross winner" Yeah but he's also the -worst- lowest-scoring Art Ross winner in a full season since the first year of expansion, 67-68. He only got 87 points the year he won it! McDavid came shockingly close to doubling that this past season!

[@ccpeter68]

Maybe hire a few more ref’s and have them sit in Toronto and watch the game. If we can see something then they should be able to see it also.

[@johnsowerby7182]

Love your stuff!

[@elemeno0pee]

5:22 lol there wasn't an injured player on the play. There was a player pretending to be injured on the play.

[@Shanenator777]

Well I do certainly appreciate the willingness to take the occasional demonetization if it means covering what actually happens on the ice!

[@AvAlanchian]

Umm didn’t a Kraken player break Andrew Cogliano’s neck in a game and then not get penalised nor suspended? Maybe the league should’ve done something similar there?

[@pizzazombie5209]

Hey, a Jomboy reference! I love crossover episodes.

[@ajrupert5639]

Somebody tell Benn to ask Eberle for tips on breaking someone's neck

[@anttikatajamaki3871]

NHL player safety nowadays: MENU (neck and spine area) Boarding - free Cross-check in the neck - 5000€ (eyes and face area) High-sticking 5000€ (other body parts) Slashing 5000€ (sometimes 1 game if you slash star player with intent to take off his hand)

[@bradbengel917]

Rod Brind A’mour brought up the same point about penalties. You could take 2 refs off the ice to watch the game the same that Toronto does and it leaves more ice uninterrupted and give them the ability to call penalties without having to be on the ice. Questionable calls go to Toronto just like they would before, if it gets to that point.

[@ShaneT5S]

8:00 The only thing wrong with this plan is if the dude fell over without actually being hit, in this situation, and the puck went in, then the goal should count and that's it. Treat it like a regular delayed penalty where the penalty gets dropped if the other team scores

[@unoriginalandrew]

I've been called some choice words over the years for calling Jamie Benn one of the most dangerous players in the league. The fact that this is his first actual suspension is hilarious to me. In the immortal words of Steve, "not a league".

[@junemacdonald44]

That Aidin Hill chirp is solid hat pick territory, lol

[@mylesgoodwin2017]

Every team used to have their own department of player safety, some has multiple departments.

[@seanmahony1484]

You can’t spear a guy in the balls when he has none.

[@isaacl.6536]

The officiating in the carolina florida series may be the worst I've ever seen. It was so so bad

[@quills7820]

11:32 I, too, have met Otter, the only difference is he was in HS at the time (I believe he was a freshman, and I would have been a 6th grader, I believe), great guy.

[@jimb.7523]

*Just a reminder that for the off-season, I'd love to see a "Classic Dang-Its" video for "the fight where nothing happened!"*

[@bluefox726]

Gotta love how Steve just uses every repeated word as an opportunity to maintain and show off his ENTIRE vocal range. XD

[@SlothRunClubReady_Set_No]

A Jomboy shout out! This video got even better 😃

[@dirk903]

The players association also has a bit to answer for when it comes to the violent "non hockey" plays They set up the maximum 5k$ fine, which might aswell not exist. It needs to be a 5% fine to the players annual salery to maybe have even the smallest impact But the department of player safety needs to start taking heavy handed actio on these plays

[@UndraftedAgain]

Yes. Absolutely. The player's association needs to take some responsibility.

[@UnBoundBeatz]

Progressive fines starting at 5% to 20% a players salary and incremental suspensions. Certain offenses should supersecede that rule and go straight to ineligible player for the rest of the season/off-season. Especially if you can clearly see malace and intent to injury a player. I get it. Hockey is a rough sport. It is why I love it. What I don't love is when players can't play anymore because you have actual running around merking players from being able to play for the rest of a series or playoffs.

[@RabidCowmonkey]

Having a playoff format where 1/4 of a team's season is determined by sudden-random-bounce-mode is the real dang-it here

[@kylesmith7086]

Nice @jomboymedia shout out. I think he would agree with your read.

[@zardeth9591]

Question for you Steve: you say to look at the reply to make sure the stick hit the player in the face and not the visor. Does that mean that if it hits the visor, it's not a high stick? Does that mean that if every player were to wear a cage, high stick penalties would be eliminated from the game?

[@connorboyle2585]

I think he means that if it hit the visor then it'd be a blatant dive. Idk if Steve's arguing that a dive there means no high stick but imo I think in that case it should be a 2 min high stick with a 2 min embellishment penalty, as opposed to a 4 min high stick if it did contact skin and cause that injury.

[@deusvult6920]

Rofl @ the jomboy impression i think you nailed it

[@David99356]

Crossover with Jomboy? Amazing!

[@murrethmedia]

Judgement calls are a pox on sports. I understand sometimes there's no alternative, but I think as much as possible they should be eliminated in favor of black and white rules. Like for example instead of judgement on goalie interference make it "If an offensive player initiates contact with the goaltender while in the crease it's goalie interference." Straight, to the point, no room for different people to make different interpretations.

[@larrywilliams8063]

Steve must forget the way people like Ovi always get away with checks to the head, even when it Murphy got a concussion. Some players never receive discipline from the leage.

[@Chris-no8ps]

Please do some worst dang it’s of all time during the off season (like during the Covid lockdown)

[@JH22533]

Brent Burns picked up his stick that Tkachuk yanked from him and threw it down. It landed between his legs. Reap what you sow.

[@walkerfrommb]

I got two Advil ads during this video.

[@jeremystancick4180]

Amen Steve. Amen. Let's review when we missed an obvious play.

[@kjells3578]

Was sure it was gonna be "tune in for the goals, stay for the lols"

[@johnshields6852]

Panthers are in a confident groove along with their goalie that's one of the best, if not the best run ever in NHL playoffs, the goalie makes great saves, his confidence shines, that's, infectious, contagious and spreads to the players, letting them play what I call free hockey, their not worrying about making mistakes, their clicking as a tight unit, it's very impressive and rare.

[@RoughRaiders13]

Thank god Stone was ok. He deserves the suspension. Pretty much the definition of intent to injure.

[@GregaJuvancic]

What are you talking about? Burns hasnt speared Tkachuk, he simply picked up his stick (that the Tkachuk fella knocked out of his hands). Just ask Jamie Benn :D :D :D

[@kodyrenaud4320]

Steve makes my thursdays

[@EvilTreeSock]

The biggest Jamie Benn dangit is that (now that the series is done) the Stars won more games in the series without him than with him

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Steve watched the Earth Worm Jim cartoon as a kid, based af

[@user-ns7sx9cc6r]

dang it of the weeks are becoming assaults of the week

[@coyote4237]

VGK got 1 goal in that 5 minute PP.

[@planetcaravan2925]

Sharks did it better

[@coyote4237]

@@planetcaravan2925 Sadly, this is truth.

[@bmoney2011]

I shouldn't have watched this as a Hurricanes fan...because now I'm sad all over again.

[@bmoney2011]

Until I watched Tkachuck get speared in the junk. That made me smile.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

​@@bmoney2011 Your profile pic is perfect for that moment lol.

[@benchow8851]

There will never be a definite call on goalie interference because it's a judgment call from different refs....

[@Ninjapanda042]

Love the Jomboy shout-out

[@TheGeekyandproud]

I was going to say that it will take someone literally dying for player safety to do their jobs, but then I remembered that the league still doesn't care about CTE or suicide or any of that, so uh clearly it still wouldn't matter

[@quag311]

Vegas with the Benntleman’s sweep against Dallas.

[@chrisphillips348]

Burns knew what he was doing, he pulled up his stick particularly hard!

[@andrewplays4079]

Sad that this is probably the last episode of steves dang it's 😔

[@nicolelala10]

Steve, this video is usually the high point, the light moment, of my week. I have to say, the way this one ended, wasn’t the humorous escape video I usually find. But I agree, HUGE dang-it on Jamie Benn. This, and the time he fought HIS OWN BROTHER IN FRONT IF THEIR OARENTS!

[@booker9816]

Finally, this discussion on Jamie Benn is happening

[@bobkuboske6494]

I sure wish they Didn't do away with these. Dangle was the last thing that kept me watching the nhl after McNabb passed away.

[@trevorcone2013]

When the refs review goalie interference they go over the box and start flipping coins.

[@montuckyman4982]

Because they don't make the call, Toronto does.

[@trevorcone2013]

@@montuckyman4982 hey thanks for ruining the silly joke

[@peterlue9274]

Dubas is under investigation by the NHL for conflict of interest. When will we see these guys report on this?

[@alexnass9349]

Why is the Gostibear high stick a dangit but the Mayfeild high stick wasn't?

[@arachnina721]

i will say this about the first ot goal that was called back in the carolina florida series and the matthew thachuk final series winning goal, freddie anderson seems to try to sell any possible goalie interference he can, like bro you can 100 percent do a pushoff as one the better lateral movement goalie in the league with a stick between the legs. and having a goalie that tries to sell that will cost you in the playoffs. like the goal called back and the series winning goal he has the same flopping around behavior trying to sell the interference call

[@arachnina721]

if he cant do a push off agaisnt a backwards skating bennett's stick then he needs to gain some leg strength. fr though i having seen a goalie flop around acting like its an interference like that before