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I called this as soon as the penalty shot was announced. People hate it but it’s super effective. He’s got a 43% shootout percentage in his career. That’s specialist territory.
As a Red Wing fan, myself I assure you the hate he gets is a sign of respect from his haters.. 😅 you just have to read between the lines .. I mean what else are you supposed to do besides HATE when you're feeling sour about being scored on or don't like the team that he plays on.. you're salty it's a natural reaction😂😂😂
Barkov's also great
I don't see a reason to hate the Kuzy crawl. It's legal. And if the goaltenders were able to stop it consistently, he might move away from it. But he knows how to perfect it. If goalies hate it, stop it from scoring
My dad was raging when he saw it, but he is more of an old school hockey guy😂
Exacly, not our fault that GK's cant stop it rn. if they figure it out he'll just stop.
We hate it because it's not hockey. There's no scenario where that happens in a game. The leafs are garbage on defense, but even they don't string their goalie out to dry for an agonizing 10 seconds. A breakaway is exciting because of the intensity and speed. So here's how you fix the shootout: Put a defender on the opposing blue-line to chase. Bring excitement and speed to an otherwise boring shooting drill.
@@DiamondKingVideos or just remove the shootout and make the game end in a tie instead.. if neither are good enough to win in 65 minutes then they are even
@@FlyHenryFly Playoffs then?
Kuzy trolling in an elimination game. Love it.
Love it lmao
They are the ones doing the eliminating. Not exactly high stakes
Its also not trolling lmfao, nothing high risk or flashy about the play.
I'm just happy that Kuzy is back to being Kuzy and seems to be having a great time.
I honestly don't know why he wouldn't use his signature move? These are the STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS. You bring your best hockey, every day, and leave it all on the ice.
Get over yourself
They all look the same on the scoreboard.
Toxicity at its finest. Bet you love the knights playing salary cap games too
I always loved it, even when he did it to the Canes in Washingtonn. I don't know why more players don't do it because it works so well
Cause its really fucking hard. If it was so easy to be effective then other guys would do it, but its because he can handle the puck so well and read the goalie to utilize the time it buys. I feel like a good few other players have tried at least in practice and found it just doest work for em
@@alshoutcasting9101 Patrick Kane did it a couple times one a witnessed personally against the Flyers at the LCA
@@bbqbeer1883 I mean Patrick Kane is also one of the best players of this generation so if anyone is gonna be able to do it, that mf would.
@0:56 that Bettman jumpscare
That picture made me hate him probably 30x more.
Kuzy should have been awarded the Conn Smythe in 2018, Ovechkin was deserving however it was more of a legacy award for him.
Да, согласен! Обидно, что Кузю тогда обделили и не дали заслуженную награду.
The Caps don't have their Cup without Kouzy!
rangers hurricanes is gonna be a series to remember . cant wait
It's going to set a playoff record for embellishment calls, I'm sure!
I’m a little relieved the Canes ended it so quick. This series is going be huge for the Rangers.
Score a goal with this one simple trick goalies don't want you to know!
Kuzi Crawl is hilarious, love it!
I played goal from 7yrs-18yrs. There’s few things that are this unsettling for goalie. You challenge him aggressively, he catches you with your feet moving…if you try to poke, he just pulls. I feel like if more goalies channeled their inner Hextall, this would be less of a thing.
It is so difficult for a goalie to stay centered to the net when the player comes in at an angle. Then you have to come out to cut down the angle without allowing the player to deke behind you, so you have to back up insanely slowly without getting out of position or off balance. The shootout move is strong.
As a goalie im not sure why people would hate this really, its deadly effective. Youre staring down the ice at this guy and the puck hes carrying at 2 mph and the second you lose either patience or focus its in the back of the net. you need to be so present and confident to make this save seriously any little defect is catastrophic, its for sure one of the best things you could do in a penalty shot situation. I think that should also be abundantly clear just based on how much Kuzy converts on ps/shootout opportunities, the move isnt like a flex or trolling or anything like that this is a kill move.
It sucks to watch and its a spectator sport. It can gtfo
Its called Cheese in video gaming, its effective but not the intended design of the game. You would never be able to approach the net this slowly from open play, it creates a very specific scenario that clearly benefits him while goalies don't have much if any recourse other than playing it perfect. A shot clock on penalty shots is the clear answer, nothing crazy fast but not 15 seconds either.
in my opinion it really doesnt fall under that category even though it is really strong there is a correct and achievable way to play this that simplifies it very well (this MIGHT make the save a bit easier, but it WILL reduce the total amount of options for the skater). What you want to do is essentially embrace the "no play" nature of the play, when Varlamov goes for the poke check thats no joke no shade, #1 on the list of ways to get scored on in this situation. You want to be less aggressive and just commit to staying square to the puck and blocking as much of the net as possible while keeping your hands in an active position. This is easily achievable at such slow speeds, and what this accomplishes is that the skater isnt able to exploit you in the same way and now has to make a play happen with severly reduced speed which should make reacting to their choices a lot easier. In a lot of cases like this the skater will be very close into the net by the time they are able to realize the weight of making the play happen is all on them, because most mistakes from the goalie will happen when the skater is within range of the goalies stick. What the goalie left to deal with is mostly one of two scoring opportunities. The first is just a straight up shot on goal which if you play the spacing correctly shouldnt have much room at all to be truly dangerous. The second is more dependant on the skater, but its a close up stuffy kind of play where the majority of the time that puck is going low and you can move to your stomach and slide your legs back to stop it relatively easily. If the skater decides to commit to making a play earlier, the actual scoring opportunity itself is more open but the low speed of the skater will make the play they go for much more readable and speaking from experience if they do realize early theres a very high chance they chose to pull to the side and shoot high glove. Obviously a really talented guy may pass the point where they can go for a truly prime scoring chance and still find a way to deke the goalie with such minimal speed and space, but I think rewarding talented play like that is a good thing. Other than that once the skater is committed to making a play happen then and only then is the time where a poke checks and other more aggressive plays could be used because the skater would need to make wider, sweeping puck movements to have an angle on open net, which given their proximity to the goalie should be a very vulnerable/fragile play that has a larger window to disrupt. small edit: its a lot more about the mental game than the actual danger the skater presents, which makes simplifying it more easy and more optimal than outplaying it.
*He's playing chess* It's honestly brilliant to just take your time, piss the goalie off, and find a weakness
They hate because they can’t stop him. I love it.
It's disrespect to the game. Don cherry would be pissed
@@Nickh4929if it works it works
@@Nickh4929how 😂. It’s a very effective move, it’s just strategy. If you don’t like it, don’t watch. Hockey doesn’t need more angry boomers.
Lmao disrepect? 80s and 90s were goon eras like scott stevens@@Nickh4929
@@Nickh4929 The game doesn't have an opinion about whether it's being disrespected or not. You know what people opposed due to it "disrespecting the game"? Two line passes. As for Don Cherry, good, let him be pissed - he made hockey worse with his opinions in my eyes.
I keep seeing people say this is Kuzy's signature move, but let's give credit where it's due. Patrick Kane was doing this years before Kuzy ever did. He just doesn't do it every time. Should be called the "Kaner Krawl".
My boy Otter stopped the Kuzy crawl when it came his way, seems like a skill issue 😎
0:02 what's with the eye? Are we playing EA Sports?
Its like the hockey equivalent of playing Red Hands with that one friend who always gets you after not moving a muscle for what feels like an eternity
Just nice to see good player to play his game again. I Washington he was like a plant put in a basement without watering, few more season there and he would quite hockey...
As a goalie, that would drive me nuts.. i probably would've gotten impatient and did the same thing as Varly lol
i feel like you need to have extreme patience just to be able to stop that shot. and maybe luck
They could add a backchecker that starts on the opposite goal line when the shooter starts at center ice.
Even though I'm sad Kuzy is gone from DC (he needed the fresh start im just mad it's the canes lmao) I'm always going to be a defender of this move. If you want it to stop, learn to stop it. It's not like he changes /where/ he ends up shooting it, it's always going to be blocker side.
Yeah wow if only every goalie and goalie coach in the league had your wisdom
my man kuzy! as a caps fan i hope they win cause i wanna see kuzy and orlov succeed
Those two were amazing in the cup run. That breakaway goal coming from the Ovi pass was legendary.
as a caps fan I loved it. It takes so much skill that only a handful of players can do. You need patience, reaction time (poke check and etc) and think on the fly skills. Most guys already plan their route and know what they are going to do before touching the puck, but for him there are unlimited outcomes.
It sucks to watch and its a spectator sport. They literally make millions of dollars to entertain us. This move is pure ass.
You want to hurry up penalty shots? Put a defender on the far goal line who can't leave until the shooter touches the puck. If the shooter goes slow enough to let them catch up (remember they can build up speed before they take the puck), then so be it, they can interfere. Anyone taking the puck at center ice with any pace at all will be able to completely ignore the defender.
Hate it if you want, but the fans of whatever team he plays for love it. It's so troll but also so effective it's hilarious
Yeah who even cares about integrity, right? Just win at any cost, like a true goofball
I hate shootouts. But I love Kuzy. He was one of the few guys who made shootouts interesting. As for doing it on a regular penalty shot, (which side note: a regular penalty shot is always exciting; it's just eh shoot-outs which are boring), why wouldn't he? It's worked so well for him in the past. And he knew **exactly** what he was doing, waiting for Varlomov to bite and go for the poke-check. Also, the fact that Kuzy bobbled the puck but was still able to continue the penalty shot demonstrates that, like it or not, this is a genuine strategy for taking a penalty shot.
Don't need a speed limit for shootouts/penalty shots. Just give them a time limit.
i was thinking the same thing
or goalies could just start saving it. Stop making more Anti-Brodeur like rules.
it's so insane how he perfectly times the shot. like this time they showed a slow motion and he PERFECTLY shot right when the poke check came.
This guy ended the penguins dynasty and lifted the cup in one of the great runs since malkin... this is just another day to kuzy
Good luck Kuzy from Washington.
They COULD have a "shot clock" on penalty shots and shootouts. And if they did, they could even allow backward movement...as long as you get the shot off in time. Someone fast enough could even try a wraparound.
Oh my bracket I had the Jets winning against the Islanders in the final. I think I’m not going to win in my league.
Jets sure but Islanders?
Yeah islanders????
@@Crmick-vo7pn they were like 12-0 to end the year
And 1-4 in the postseason what’s your point
@@ts20bombs30canes were the worst team we could have played. We would have had a better chance against the rangers
I don’t know what’s so bad about this, it’s aloud, it’s 9 SECONDS of your day, penalty shots and what have you are all about mind games, and he’s just way ahead of everyone, you shouldn’t be embarrassed to do a good shoutout move 😂
People hate anything effective that can be used against their own team.
people who don't like the move don't have kuznetsov on their team
As a Canes fan, can confirm
Zero hate. I like when players have some style.
The Kuzy crawl might be boring to watch, but it gets to the goalies head and it works. I see players waste shoot out opportunities all the time, this move has never been wasted by Kuzy.
I was watching the bruins game and they showed a replay of that goal. As I was watching, I was very confused because I thought it was in slow motion. I had to watch it a few times to appreciate that move. If I was the tendie I would be shaking in my boots lol. I love the move and wish more people would do that or moves similar to Patty Kanes dekes.
So you just dont like exciting hockey, then. You must love the full trap
...Knies has been playing out of his mind, too!
I think there’s a psychological component to the slow attack. I watched a boxer demonstrate a low speed punch that ws devastating.
I was there and the top absolutely blew off PNC Arena when he scored. What fun!
Shootout needs to go away. I get wanting to end a regular season game quickly. But this is a team sport. It's 5 on 5 and should remain so, even in OT. However, if we are going to keep the shootout, just add a chaser. Start them at the blue line, or one of the far-side face off dots outside the neutral zone. They can backcheck to put pressure on the shooter. That would be a simple fix to the slow roll. Shootouts are hard enough on goalies.
I'm a big canes fan living in Raleigh. Very excited we're back in playoffs. Yes, my biggest worry is Rangers. I think if we get past them, I only worry about Boston inflicting injuries. But I'm sure we'd beat them.
as a rangers fan you better hope we dont get more of us there like the last few games this season, should be a fun series though, i know people hate rangers fans filling up away stadiums so i figured id say something lol
@@thegreatmrt I totally understand. Serves Raleigh fans right for not booking the tickets quick enough. Thats one thing that's been great for home fans . We here can make a last minute decision to go to game and still get a seat. Back when we lived in Detroit you had to have big connections to have a chance even week ahead. This series should be wild. Good luck!
Dude! I LOVE THE MOVE ❤️
The Kuzy celebration is a Pterosauria. He said in an interview a few years ago (I think during the 2018 playoffs) that he does it for his daughter who like the celebration and that it a Pterosauria. Also, I had to look up the spelling, cause I always thought it started with a t.
Since my team didn't make the playoffs, I feel impartial about this: if it works and it's allowed, you should do it. Slow and steady wins the race.
As a Penguins fan I’m now a diehard canes fan. If they make it to the Stanley cup finals the Jake Guentzle trade rd.2 pick becomes a 1. If they win it all, not only does the 2 become a 1, they also get an additional 3rd. Yea that would be fkn amazing! The trade as is was eh. Better than nothing. With the added things it could be great! Go Canes! “Temporarily anyways.” 🤷🏻♂️💁🏻♂️😆💯
Why people are crying? It's 100% legal and it's hard for the goalie to follow him, he's so patient. It's hard to do, because you go slowly with 20 000 people watching you, normally players just do it fast. But I don't see the problem here, AT ALL. Some players change their speed, others are just full speed. He's patient and wait the goalie to do the first move. I'm not a fan at all of him and the canes. But what I see, it's the perfect exemple of how a good penalty shot should be done. How people can dislike this, but love when the player do a 360 degree? That's ILLEGAL!
Every time to see this move i can just envision the goalie cussing at the player over and over
When I was a kid at hockey camp, penalties were penalty shots, the guy on whom the penalty had been taken started at the red line and the guy who took the penalty started at the blue line. If the penalty shot taker had taken his time, the guy at the blue line would have caught him and he wouldn't have gotten the shot off... I know that's probably not gonna happen in the NHL though.
I loved it when Zucc did it, so I have to respect it when Kuznetsov does it. Of course now I've jinxed it and he's somehow going to get multiple penalty shots against the Rangers next round just to make me eat my words.
Hate the crawl? Add a shot clock to shootouts. 6 seconds
As a goalie, I would pull "the Hasek" in response to this move, and send Kuzy flipping. I'm surprised we've never seen such a thing in the NHL on a penalty shot or shootout.
I am a Caps fan, and i've loved both the Bird Celly and his signature shootout move... if it was that easy of a move to do, everyone would do it.
It sucks to watch, and the sport literally exists as entertainment
@@Lubey4U well I always found him move entertaining, so we'll just have to agree to disagree.
you could put a time limit in a penalty shot or shootout attempt of when the player touches the puck to when they have to shoot it. Maybe give them 15 or 20 seconds from touching the puck to having to shoot it
I think kuzy is a legend and true first ballot hall of famer
0:57 *Doesn't take a rocket scientist to find a solution... Just set a 7 second time limit to take the shot. It's generously enough time to skate in from the center ice if you are a NHL level skater.*
Only fix they could possibly make is a shot clock. But I cant see that being implemented as its not a league wide issue.
I have no qualms with the super slow shootout strategies, I never have. The best shoot out platers in the league have a below 50% scoring rate, including Kuznetsov using this, so the odds are still in the goalies favor. If the scoring rate was reaching numbers in the 80s or 90s like you see in soccer, I could see an issue with a strategy like this if it made it more unbalanced. But as it stands, the odds are still in favor of the goalie, I think it's fine for the players best at using this ultra slow approach to even the odds with it.
As an Islander fan, I wanted him when he became available on waivers
If it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid.
Game 2 when we were down by 3 and came back and won that was the best game of the playoffs in my opinion
I always love pro athletes finding loopholes to subjective rules like “making forward progress”. If they wanna fix the Kuzy Crawl, creating like a 5-7 second “shot clock” of sorts from the moment the puck is touched would be the easiest way to love it for the most part
finally a video about the Islanders
I picked Kuznetsov in my draft, I'm happy he got another goal after game 1.
How hard is implementing a shot clock
Carolina is about to make all of New York cry. CANT WAIT!
I am a Capitals fan, and still a big Kuzy and Orlov fan. I will be rooting for them to take down Laviolette's Rangers in the next round. I am not a fan of Laviolette.
I mean honestly as a Canes fan you hate it when it's against you but you love it for you. Remember that all players can do this not just him (damn it I sound like a VGK fan nvm forget I said that).
Hated it when he was on Washington, love it now
well said. that's the only reason people complain
Easy fix would just be a 5 second timer. That's still plenty of time to do any regular move like you could on a breakaway, but no one has 10 full seconds to themself on a breakaway.
You may not like it but it's effective. The pacing is part of why it works
Love it. It works,good for him!
Weird take, would have been more surprising if he did a different move no? The crawl is brutal but very effective!
LET'S GO RANGERS
I'm sure the home crowd loves it.
Caps fan here. The Crawl move is awesome. To be clear, Patrick Kane did it first, more than a decade ago. But since Kouzy started two years ago, he's almost unstoppable. Great guy too. Hope he stays healthy.
Dont cherry would hate this, but thats about it. Its not even that controversial. The early days of scooping the puck and shelfing it was way more controversial. On the other hand, you could change the rules and start at the blue line. Dont really need to start at center.
I think Rangers in 7 but Carolina ain't no joke I'm not a fan of either but will be tuning into the series for sure it's gonna be good gonna see Rempeeeeee going ballistic
Gretzky had a great idea what the shot clock for this kind of nonsense
My bracket so far is toast lol since the Jets lost. I have Jets moving on but RIP to that, I also have Predators in 7 and Bruins in 7 so we shall see how those turn out.
how did anybody seriously have the jets advancing is beyond me. no wonder hockey discussions are garbage these days. nobody has a ue anymore
The NHL considered this play so highly, that they omitted it from the official scoresheet. Look it up. 5 goals registered in the log, but hey they scored six. Hello?
As a caps fan, HELLLLLL YAAAAA
Kuzzy Crawl👍
I’m new to hockey. I’m so confused why people hating on this.
I'm new as well, but there's a lot of curmudgeons it seems in the older fan base online
That was the sauciest shot I've seen. I don't get it. @@DigitalLogos
I'm 52 and been watching since the late 70s , There's just a rotten old guard in fans and media that still think its 1981 and pi**ss on everything .
@@rosariocannistraro3561ohhhhhwow. thanks for your insight OG! I was so confused as a new hockey fan 😂
It's legal so do not see the issue with it...Carolina over NYR, and Florida over Boston (hope my Leafs win in 7 but don't see it happening)...
Sorry dudes. I’m a newb. When do they do a shootout like this mid-game? I’ve watched a little hockey and only see these at the end of games. What type of penalties warrant a shootout?
When a player gets taken down on a clear break away shot the refs can award a penalty shot. That's what happened here.
Sport is ENTERTAINMENT people! We're watching a video about it aren't we?! Who hates it anyway? I see 29 of 30 here approve. Non issue
He is doing it because it is effective not because it is disrespectful.
is it easy to counter ?
😂 it’s his signature.. it would of been weird if he didn’t do it… don’t fix what ain’t broken
This would have been a lot more entertaining for those that were not there if you would have included AUDIO from the video to capture the enormous crowd eruption at The Loudest House In The NHL! Commentary only does an injustice to the story. My .02
You have a shot clock. Like 7 seconds to get the shot off from the time you touch the puck.
As someone who didn’t catch the game… just show us the shootout clip lol
It doesn’t get as much hate as it used to because he’s no longer on the Caps.
the crawl is fine. there are bigger fish to fry rules wise. If you gave me the chance to make one rule change in the NHL. I would set a limit on time for reviews. If a play is close enough that like 30 seconds of looking at the tape doesn't show some obvious issue with the call on the ice it wasn't close enough to matter let the call on the ice stand.