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NHL 2013 - 2014 Season Thread
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Merrith
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They don't even need to be in the act of blowing the whistle. Intent to blow the whistle is enough.
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Broadcast should be the least of your concerns this game. Rangers played this one perfectly and Lundy's in top form.
Now if we could just get some consistency...
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Rangers played sick. I'm one of those douchebags that tends to redirect all blame/praise to my team but they just got flat outworked and outplayed tonight. Rangers were clicking.
On the bright side I had the UFC event to flip back and forth to and it was really good.
Pen's offensive woes is killing my fantasy team, what happened to all those six point games from last year!
Watch the video if you can find one. There was a significant amount of time between the puck crossing the line and the ref blowing the whistle, maybe 3 seconds. There was no intent. Additionally, there was no way the war room in Toronto knew of alleged intent because they had no conversation with the ref.
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What about the phantom headshot call on Belov last weekend? That was pretty awesome:
First of all, that was textbook shoulder to shoulder. No elbow, no jump. Second, that sort of shit is exactly why many "traditionalists" have been concerned about the new standards for head shots: it's taking away responsibility from puck carriers to keep their goddamn heads up, and to not try stupid shit on the rush that can result in them getting their heads taken off. What else can Below do in that situation? Absolutely nothing. Third, Giroux fucking dove like a pussy to draw a penalty on the play.
Thankfully the NHL rescinded the match penalty later, but the call on the ice may well have cost the Oilers the game. Well, probably not, Dubnyk would have just let in 3 more shit goals if we tied it up. But the refs who made that call and conferred on the ice about it for 2 fucking minutes and decided that a 5 minute match penalty was the right call should be fired.
First of all, that was textbook shoulder to shoulder. No elbow, no jump. Second, that sort of shit is exactly why many "traditionalists" have been concerned about the new standards for head shots: it's taking away responsibility from puck carriers to keep their goddamn heads up, and to not try stupid shit on the rush that can result in them getting their heads taken off. What else can Below do in that situation? Absolutely nothing. Third, Giroux fucking dove like a pussy to draw a penalty on the play.
Thankfully the NHL rescinded the match penalty later, but the call on the ice may well have cost the Oilers the game. Well, probably not, Dubnyk would have just let in 3 more shit goals if we tied it up. But the refs who made that call and conferred on the ice about it for 2 fucking minutes and decided that a 5 minute match penalty was the right call should be fired.
