YMMV / Slapshots

• Catharsis Factor: Oliver and Happer being such unrelenting Jerk Jocks can make it very satisfying to read scenes where they suffer misfortunes like getting minor food poisoning and losing the championship game to the protagonists after spending four books treating them like dirt.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Coach Bolitsky being a Forgetful Jones after taking a lot of hockey pucks to the head is Played for Laughs, but subsequent real-world insights into how harsh an effect traumatic brain injuries can have on the lives of athletes can make this characterization uncomfortable and raise concerns about what kind of life he, his wife, and their new baby may have if his TBI gets worse over time like many such injuries do. The fact that a later Korman book, Pop, features a former athlete with TBI who keeps forgetting that he is an adult and can barely even recognize his own kids can make longtime Korman readers especially conscious of the Fridge Horror that Bolitsky may one day face.