Bartender: "What'll you have?"
Patron: "I'll have an Ovechkin!"
Bartender: "What's that?"
Patron: "It's a White Russian with no cup!"
Great. Caps shit the bed and now everyone gets to pretend the refs didn't completely job them. I fucking hate sports fans. Officiating will never get better as long as we have this stupid fucking "quit whining" mentality. What happened in this series was unacceptable. Officials helped an overmatched team stretch the series and by series end the better team was out of gas and shit the bed.
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What a typical DC response: "It can't be my fault! Blame someone else!" Blaming the refs is the lifeboat of the loser and it always will be.
An example of teams lobbying for calls is when Lucic ran over Miller; GMs were furious that Lucic was able to escape suspension for that, which led to a rash of calls protecting goaltenders, from the Chicago player getting suspended 3 games for "headshotting" Smith, to Edler getting suspended two games for his hit on Smith.
Also, using the NBA as an example, they do have league executives who give instructions to referees to watch for certain types of plays (whether it be restricting them or being lenient), and it's probably fair to say the NHL execs carry some of this power; while they probably don't do it to screw over teams, they may have a negative impact on a team's play inadvertently.
This is spot on. It's a pendulum, the refs are literally told to look for certain plays and behaviors and given footage of players doing those things. It's just a statistical fact that these swings will effect some teams over others. If the rule that justin#### mentioned that turns hockey into the NBA where offensive players have free reign crossing into the zone were taken seriously by people who actually play hockey, teams like the Bruins and Rangers would both be hurt by that. It's not one person's fault, it's the evolution of the game.
Also bottom feeders really? What a fucking joke. Even with the change of divisions, the Canucks have maintained decent stats against other divisional teams. .
They can be seen as bottom feeders because of what BlueCookies and I mentioned: teams that need the power play don't do well in games that matter. Refs don't call penalties in big games, as most of you are whining about today (PLEASE REFS JUST LET THEM PLAY). All of the Canucks wins have come with very little at stake. Stats from a January game against a divisional opponent don't have the same impact as watching them fall flat in their playoff runs. I guess this is fine if you like the Presidents' Trophy and the Stanley Cup is priority #2. I don't think thats what he meant but the bottom feeder label is definitely appropriate for the Canucks.
I shut the game off when it was 4-1 with about 13 mins to go. Boston looked dejected and I figured even the Maple Laughs couldn’t blow a lead that big. LOL I was wrong.
Luckily you shut the game off. I wouldn't want to see you miss sleep and be late for the bandwagon tomorrow morning.
the Rangers and Red Wings both taking 0 penalties in Game 6 is pretty silly. It's like they wind up changing the series by trying not to change the series.
Game 7 with Boston vs Tampa Bay in 2011 is seen as one of the best-officiated games in recent sports history, and there were no penalties called. Those were two extremely physical teams on both sides of the ice. We can have great games without the calls. It can be done!
I agree with you guys that the inconsistency sucks, but I would rather see a no-call than a bad call any day of the week. No-calls encourage players to play harder, which is better for me as a fan. Bad calls encourage teams to play like the diving teams that nobody likes to watch. Can you people please stop trying to turn hockey into soccer and basketball?