That’s how some NHLers feel about the suggestion from NBC Sports Chairman Mike Lazarus that players should be clean-shaven during the playoffs in order to be more easily identifiable to the fans.
“I think everybody enjoys to grow a beard,” Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette said Wednesday. “Maybe for TV it would be a bit better, but for us hockey players, we don’t care about (recognition). I think it’s great for the sport.”
Growing postseason beards has become a unique tradition for the NHL.
“I think he said no one’s going to listen to him anyways,” Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said.