Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino should be ashamed of himself. His Emmy Award Winning performance at the end of Wednesday’s should have been worthy of a two-minute minor for embellishment. Instead, it appears that Bonino studied theater and drama at Boston University.
First, I want to be clear, Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie shouldn’t be waving his stick around a player’s face at the end of a game especially when your team is pushing for the game-tying goal. That being said, there has got to be repercussions for players that want to cheapen the game with their WWE antics.
Finally, I wish the NHL would come down harder on the divers. The NHL should have a drivers’ wall of shame and post the pictures of these frauds on the front page of NHL.com. Do we want our kids to emulate these guys? I would say not. Players that embellish are guilty of poor sportsmanship. Seriously. Whatever it takes to win, right? If you’re not cheating, you’re not winning.
[protected-iframe id=”30038bc637120aa65fd899538647d1fb-114320562-26277698″ info=”https://gfycat.com/ifr/IllegalHeartyArizonaalligatorlizard” width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”]And a former NHL official weighs in on the call.
Not sure if Oshie 's stick even grazed Bonino's beard?
— Kerry Fraser (@kfraserthecall) May 4, 2017
Wait till Oshie sees the replay of the penalty in question. It sounds like he was unaware that he didn’t hit Bonino in the face.
https://twitter.com/Chris_Gordon/status/859967838920093696
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