HFBoards

The moderators are, for the most part, okay people. However, there are a few overzealous folks who take their "jobs" way too seriously and permanently ban 15-year members for questioning post moderation decisions.

The generic "Troll Stomper" modbot is a ridiculous and cowardly way to enforce rules, and once you're banned you can't even read your messages to find out why exactly you got banned.

There are some good and knowledgeable folks there, but there's a reason Bob McKenzie (publicly) thinks the place is awful.

Stay far away. Try Reddit.

Not some of the worst mods on forums, the absolute worst mods on any forum i've been to bar none, don't you dare have a different opinion from a mod or one of the mods friends/supporters or limits,bans and outright account deletion with no explanations or any kind of appeals and judgments all while being absolutely drowned in ads, you would get better hockey discussions with crazy minor league hockey parents, stay far away, one star rating simply isn't low enough, -5 at the very least.

Everything on the forum is build to cover up for NHL. They will delete anything public information removing sex scandals in hockey in order to keep NHL clean. They have a team of people sitting and sniffing through everything from that angel. Total scam.

Some very knowledgable posters, especially on different prospects. I'm able to get info on 100+ players in the draft every year thanks to HF.

The mods are maybe a bit strict, but certainly not unfair. Those complaining about them are probably trolls that got justifiably banned.

I've had some good laughs on HF over the years and have had some great hockey talks. Highly recommended if you like hockey at all.

I've been a fan of the Sabres for some time. Thought I'd try to engage on this website to talk with other fans, only to find out that it's not a legitimate site with legitimate fans! The site is run by management of the team in some sort of capacity.

I can only speak for the Sabres board, but I can say definitively that this board is not legitimate. There are no new members, everyone has thousands upon thousands of posts, and they all agree with one another except for the fake trolls that they have, who they purposely make sound brainless, just to try and give the appearance of some sort of legitimacy. Unfortunately they do such a terrible job of making this charade seem realistic, that they are undoubtedly fooling no one.

Go ahead and sign up if you enjoy spinning your wheels and wasting your time and ultimately getting abused and/or banned for just having an opinion. Truly an embarrassing website that they should be ashamed of.

For about a year or so it's all about INFOLINKS. These adds pop up every 30 seconds. They block 30-50 percent of the screen. The best part is when you try to X out the adds the screen always jumps just as you try to click out and puts you into an add. This is the only site I have ever been on that has this jump built right in. The site use to be fun especially the live game threads. Unfortunately for me the fun is drowned out by the never ending INFOLINKS battle. Stay safe all.

Have been a member since 2008, used to be a great place.

Controlled by biased bully mods who gang up
On posters they do not agree with.

No way to complain unless you are a sponsor or comfy with a mod.

Will label and defame you for a difference of opinion - Mods have a serious power trip going on.

Consistency in moderation is non exsistent.

Had my comment deleted and privledges revoked for saying I thought it was silly that nhl 23 had a player that played on a national team that struggles against Junior a teams and has lost to midget teams. All true statements...

If you want a website where you can share your opinion based on fact this is not it!

A discussion forum administered by a group of middle aged unmarried men who were bullied in high school, and filled with trolls who do not understand the concept of bias. Spare yourself the trouble and steer clear from this forum if you want to learn anything about the NHL or hockey in general.

A site with a great concept but managed by dubious moderators. Private messages are spy too.

Hockey is very secondary. Its above all a political site (woke +++) who seeks to erase others.

Hockey is also regularly insulted and denigrated by this band who never talk about hockey.

The dominant atmosphere is contempt for orhers. Each of your messages will be contradicted and mocked by someone.

Discussions are shallow and go around in circles with users who modify your thinking to make you a fool.

The site is therefore the place of a cultural battle led and managed by political activists rather than hockey fans.

As long as you are a paying sponsor you can say and flame all you want. Clowns and more clowns. Covid-19 showed me what a fool I was associating myself with such low lives. Glad I was banned from speaking and holding my opinion to hear.

Fact is they know little about sports never mind about Covid-19 Do yourself a favor just go on and laugh

Talk about hockey with people who actually care/ understand on this site (because I'm sure most of your friends don't)

No need to visit that place anymore, the mods got their way. It's as dead and boring as a graveyard. Mission accomplished.

If the rules of the site applied to the moderators themselves, it would be fine, because after a certain period of time, many -- if not most -- of the moderators would get banned and there would some staff fluctuation.

As it is, mods change very little. They don't get banned. They are free to bully you, warn you, ban you -- and there is absolutely nothing you can do. They give you a ridiculous 'report' form that does not lead anywhere.

Whoever compared it to the Nazi Germany or Stalinism got it perfectly right.

The site is terrible.

These forums used to be wonderful. However, there has been a shift where seasoned hockey minds with knowledge and respect for the game (mostly veteran posters) are being trolled, censored and shutdown simply for stating their opinions. The admins and mods are on a massive, fascist power trip and will silence anyone who doesn't share their opinion. In addition, multiple pages have been blocked by MalwareBytes for being a trojan. If the owners care about these forums, there needs to be a severe adjustment quick. In the meantime, do yourself a favor and block all their ads.

I do post over there mostly because there aren't any real sites to post not anymore. What's bothersome is the hypocrisy. For instance the moderators are quick to warn, block or ban members if there's any hint of sexist remarks, yet one of their main sponsors is a dating site filled with pictures of half-dressed women.
The other item is how in the last few weeks a Flyers player refuse to wear the Pride Jersey and a week later the Rangers did so as well. This was a sponsored event between these two teams with the lgbtq+ community that did not fulfill expectations. Thus there was controversy.
However at HFboards no one was allowed to start threads or even mention what happened in both situations. Plus the moderators posted warnings on their sites of the consequences of "outsiders" leaving comments.
There are plenty things wrong of what the NHL does, whether it's being involved in politics, racial equality or the lgbtq+ community. The NHL willingly is involved in all three aspects, but it is not an open discussion at HF boards.
Thus the hypocrisy.

The mods there are usually pretty fair and will explain the rules when asked. Anyone crying "nazi" probably got banned for trolling and is crying about it after the fact.

I used to love this community but the moderator situation has gotten so horrible. The people that troll and skirt the rules game the system by reporting posts of people that respond to them. There's practically zero ability to communicate with mods or admins in any constructive fashion and most of the infractions are passed out by a stupid bot they call "Troll Stomper." They only moderate reactions to problematic posts, and almost never do they do anything about the problematic posts themselves. I still love the folks on some of the individual team boards, particularly the Canes board, but the main forum areas are a cesspool of rule skirters and outright trolls that never seem to get caught.

The mods hide behind a "Troll Stomper" so you never know who is "Warning" you. Yea so it's likely the guy who you disagreed with in an earlier thread who then went to find a 3 weeks old post and thinks it's "Trolling". Place turned into a $#*! hole. Stay away.

I have posted on HFBoard for 20 years. It used to be great and informative. However, I noticed that spam, and ads have compromised the site within the past few years. Even worse, the moderators becoming passionately engaged in social issues (Bobby Hull, Mitch Miller, etc) where it resembles more of a lynch mob than a place civil discourse.

If one dares to go against the opinions and posts of the mods, they will be victims of retaliation (ridiculous infractions, loss of posting privileges, etc.). It was not always like this, but as message forums become more obsolete, and people leave, the quality of moderation falls, to the point that the site can no longer be moderated in an impartial way.

Worst hockey website ever. The mods here are brutal and will ban you just for disagreeing with someone's opinion. The double standards on this website by the Moderators is a joke.

Mods are all idiots. Average age of fan is probably 15. Very toxic clowns both posters and mods.

It's a place where no one gets along and the mods act like Nazis. Stay away!

It's not a legitimate site. It's strictly for organizations to control their own agenda.

Unfortunately real fans aren't wanted.