Stanley Cup Final Game 2 Open Thread
by Mr. K. on May 31, 2009 2:41 AM PDT
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Hmmm... I dropped the ball on the fanpost for Game 1. Much like the Penguins with their power plays...
Game 2 is at 5pm PST.
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Detroit looked tired last night and made many mistakes
. . . except for the 4th line, and maybe Hossa. They didn’t look well-prepared, and Pit disrupted their passing effectively. Lidstrom looked fragile, while Stuart and Kronwall gave the puck away a lot. Detroit managed to keep most shots from the perimeter, and Osgood handled them. Looks like Zetterberg can still shut down Crosby.
Pittsburgh missed a great chance to jump on Wings early. If Fleury does a better job of smothering pucks, Pit centers win some faceoffs, and forwards force defensive mistakes with more dump and chase, they’ll probably get their split. I picked Pit in the poll but it’s a really close call, since Detroit has just as much room for improvement. Just hope that the officiating stays this good.
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 8:24 AM PDT reply actions
yeah, "shut down" is a little strong
but Crosby is a monster and Zetterberg did a pretty good job
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions
i'll tell you one thing
this isn’t carolina, the detroit d are just going to let you waltz right to the front of the net
I don't like you Detroit.
4 games in 6 days looms larger
Detroit’s not playing Chicago anymore. Won’t win this series with one hand tied behind their backs.
Well, unless Osgood and the Joe Louis boards keep helping out.
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
man, those boards have game
I had forgotten you could play pinball off those things. SJ’s boards are nowhere near as lively.
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it's annoying as hell
when you can score a goal like you are playing air hockey, i mean thats just seriously stupid come on
I don't like you Detroit.
I'm here!
Missed yesterday because of senior ball, but I did convince my dad to text me updates of the game, so I at least have that. And I was able to amuse myself for 10 minutes while waiting to get in by telling my friend that “one third of Joe Thornton scored for Detroit,” and then watch her try to figure it out (“Who is number 6 on Detroit? But six isn’t exactly a third of nineteen! Or do you mean someone that is really short, like Tootoo? Or Ott? But they’re not on the Wings. ANNNN, tell me what you mean!!”).
But yeah. I’m watching tonight. Go Pens.
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Ok, fire is a strong word
Hull and Jackson will remain with the club, in other capacities.
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Capacities that, I’m sure, will include Ambassador of Fun.
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Capacities that, I’m sure, will include Ambassador of Fun.
They told me that was my job!* Whatever. I’ve been to Dallas. It’s hot as hell and humid in the summer so I wasn’t moving there anyway.
*not really, but craigslist is depressing and I needed a laugh
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Ha!
They are remaining on the payroll in "positions that focus on their respective strengths," according to a news release.
So Brett Hull will be going around to Dallas area schools regaling school children wit stories of how he scored a game winning Stanley Cup Final goal!
Frickin Douche Bag.
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go Wings !
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 5:03 PM PDT reply actions
Ugh
I’m not a Pittsburgh fan, but the WINGS, Angie? Think of your soul!
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haven’t we been thru this before?? :)
and hasn’t it been established that I have no soul??
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
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Hulu
An evil plot to destroy the world… enjoy.
Ha!
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Mickey D's
promoting unnecessary accents and calories since whenever they realized it’d be profitable.
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FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS
Who will score first – and I mean PLAYER, not team. Winner gets…. Fear the Fin prophet status.
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Chris Osgood
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in his own net?
hehehe
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Of course
And preferable to the other way, lol
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Fleury will score for Wings again .. :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Fleur’s an ass?
j/k … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That abracadabra guy
I don’t recall his real name but he scored a goal last night for the Wings.
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Abdelkader
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yeah, that guy
I was going to start calling him Admiral Ackbar, but that wasn’t quite close enough
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I'm gonna change my vote to Malkin
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wasn’t that technically a Wing that scored?
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Yeah...
But I couldn’t tell who since I’m watching on a stream that’s probably 3 inches tall. So I went with the official scoresheet.
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Best SCF commerical
hands down
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pens got lucky there
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So
Anyone else getting tired of all the icings?
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maybe a bit of a coaches battle?
Wings look better prepared.
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions
ok, that Pens break away aside, (and chance just now) this game still feels slow to me.
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Agreed
The conference finals were much more high-energy.
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Quick vote
Will Pittsburgh squander this power play?
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YEEEEEE HAAAAAA
Meaning – no they don’t squander it!
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too late to ask
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
PENS!!!
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damn Pens
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions
Yay Hockey!
(right Morti?)
That took some serious effort!
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I'm going to the gym during the second
So here’s a quick informal poll – which team will score next?
See you guys soon.
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Wings
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Osgood
So, Pens (I like to be consistent).
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I’m now kind of ashamed that my site is hosted at Go Daddy.
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Why ? This is nothing new .. or even a new low … for Go Daddy. So why be ashamed now?
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This commercial kind of pushed me over from “slightly disturbed” to “ashamed.”
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Negative
Danica Patrick is never a bad thing… lol
"..." - unknown
by SetoThorMarChooSki on May 31, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
i remember that first year they advertised on the super bowl
like every guy in america went on their site looking for boobs and didn’t get what they wanted
I don't like you Detroit.
Wings!!!
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 6:20 PM PDT reply actions
DAMN
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OT
you guys….But just wanted to thank everyone again for all the well wishes. Wow.
What a party. I wish everyone of you could have been here yesterday. The only problem I can see is that Bobbie has a pretty wicked hangover. She probably woke up this morning thinking, "If this is what it feels like to be married to Dave, I made one hell of a mistake!"
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ha ha!! hangover will disappear … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU would had fun….trust me
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by Dave Valentine on May 31, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
WOOOOO!!!!
Valentine is hitched! Hangovers abound! The Dave abides!!!!
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i borrowed the rights
he let me use it for 1 comment in exchange for a non-existent that he’ll never get.
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by serrapadre716 on Jun 1, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
ops
non-existent PENNY
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by serrapadre716 on Jun 1, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Wings!!
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
DAMN
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dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"..." - unknown
by SetoThorMarChooSki on May 31, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
poop
That seemed weird, but upon replay MAF wasn’t pinned, like it looked like from the other angle.
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Poor Fluery
Hiding behind Gill and Holmstrom with malkin crashing in
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 6:32 PM PDT reply actions
Pens are getting too many chances
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions
Penns got a huge series of breaks there
Fleury’s stick still in orbit
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Well this has been a better game than yesterday's.
Yay hockey!
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I will NEVER get tired of that Heinekin (sp?) commercial.. lol
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by SetoThorMarChooSki on May 31, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions
It's pretty classic
I wish I had a beer closet.
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Doo doo, do doo-doo, do do dooo
RED WINGS SUCK!
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DAMMIT
Why am I just a minute early in my remarks? OH THE IRONY – 3-1, Wangs.
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Wings!!
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions
Michigan born, too
If only Viktor Tikhanov will play for the Sharks, then we’ll have a hometown kid for Team Teal.
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I heard that there’s going to be several Jr. Sharks drafted into the USHL, if they haven’t already been drafted. Pretty highly ranked, as well. That’d be even better (since Tikhanov traveled around a bit, like living in Kentucky and such).
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This is good news
I envision more Californians playing for San Jose – we had Scott Parker, but he was only born here, and grew up elsewhere (midwest?).
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Born in Hanford!
The water in Hanford tastes like sulfur! I was just there back in May.
I think he was raised in Alaska though.
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Too bad his temper got him out of the NHL
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I was right about him scoring, just not when.
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Of course, the internet started working right when Abdewhatever scores. Boo.
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well … injured players and back to back games doesn’t seem to be hurting the Wings game plan yet
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions
yeah it is
look how slow they are, no passes, no one Pavel to shut down malkin.
Wings very fortunate.
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
perhaps I should define “hurting” a bit huh?? :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Pens winning all the battles but nothing goes in
definitely hockey gods
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
be interesting to see ducks vs penguins in playoffs
at least, in a horrible nightmare sort of way
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame this (upcoming) loss on myself
I had some Little Caesars today… sniff.
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Alright guys
It’s been fun – I’m going to follow this deflating defeat with the uplifting, uh… Up.
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osgood hams it up
and look what happens
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
Oooo
Puck was in, waved off due to the push – love the controversy. And the fighting.
Ok, gotta go for real now.
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waved off rightly
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
aye
but Osgood over sold that. And yeah, if Nabby did the same, I’d say that too.
I like how he was in someone’s face after, looking ready to go. Really, Osgood, not a good idea for you, sir.
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2 down … 2 to go … tho my prediction is Wings in 6
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions
hmmm … perhaps you didn’t see, but they won those two games … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
detroit got extremely lucky in game one
pittsburgh has outplayed them in all facets of the game besides luck of course
I don't like you Detroit.
Ehhh
Detroit was outplaying the Pens in some spots. They also are extremely good at dodging interference calls (which still pisses me off, doesn’t matter which team they’re playing).
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Booo
My computer froze a bit there. And because the Pens lost.
But watching the Penguins, I just had that “they’re never gonna score again, are they” feeling that was so common while watching the Sharks the second half of the year/playoffs.
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I Can Agree With Pierre MCGuire On One Thing
I absolutely LOVED the passion and intensity Malkin showed at the end of the game. I can see him playing like that the rest of the series.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
i rofl'd
at zetterburg he wouldn’t even drop the gloves with malkin lmao what a pussy
I don't like you Detroit.
and yet you don’t even comment on malkin’s pussy act of pushing osgood while he was down making the save … funny that … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
how is that being a pussy,
thats playing hard complete opposite actually. malkin has played hard physical all series definitely not the pussy the dude is straight bringing it with intensity
I don't like you Detroit.
That wasn't Malkin
Malkin took the shot, it was Talbot or Fedotenko who pushed him in. Malkin came after Zetterberg after he and Stewie headlocked a Pens player.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions
talbot poked at Osgood during the whistle
Osgood hammed it up, puck into the net, and all Pens bad feelings came out
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
thats what i saw as well,
but at any rate i think we all understand who the pussy was in that case
I don't like you Detroit.
not pussy at all
his job is crosby, not fight malkin at end of game. no good can come of it.
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
hmmm … regardless who it was … my point is that if you are going to take the time to call one a pussy, make sure you are man enough to call out all those who were jackasses … otherwise you look biased … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
thats not being a pussy
thats called playing hard, backing down from a fight is pussy, they are actually complete opposites
I don't like you Detroit.
and we clearly have different definitions … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah … dont’ think so … but whatever dude … more power to you for whatever you wish to think … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
i play with people all the time
and let me tell you that you are not right on this one
I don't like you Detroit.
excuse me … but I know the definition of pussy when I see it … you may not like my definition … but that is my not issue to make sure the likes of you are happy with it … :)
so basically … screw you … :)
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by ang6666 on May 31, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
you are right
it is your definition, which is different from the rest of people males pretty much (well besides fruits) have a different definition.
I don't like you Detroit.
you have a very strange view of the world, my friend.
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If you speak for all men
…no, that’s not a thought I’m going to entertain.
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I would prefer we not use the P word at all
It’s just plain ungentlemanly.
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We can all aspire to be Gentlemen...
Even if we are chromosomely challenged.
I think that they call that being a lady for ladies, but being a gentleman I wouldn’t know those sorts of intricate lady issues.
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I aspire
to rise above my chromosomal status.
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Gentle-Droid?
That’s what I am shooting for.
Like C3PO, but not as wimpy. And less flashy looking. Gold is so 1977!
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more of a new Cylon style model then? Or Data style perhaps?
Either looks essentially the same from the outside, minus that whole no melanin thing. I’m pretty sure you have a touch more color than Data did.
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I'd probably end up as
A Dalek or a Cyberman.
Actually, come to think of it I might be Kryten from Red Dwarf.
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Data, Brent Spiner, scared the hell out of my dog during the filming of 10…he tried to pet her and she freaked. Didn’t want anything to do with him. I think it was the eyes. She love Marina (Counselor Troy). Licked off so much makeup that she had to go back to have it re done before shooting started.
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by Dave Valentine on Jun 1, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
So a Red Stripe?
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Exactly
Malkin was the one not giving up despite the odds, Zetterberg was the one who wouldn’t drop the gloves. I also loved how Malkin tried to punch around the ref to get to Zetterberg
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
nah - he was just frustrated and out of time to play
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
True, I want to see that carry over into G3, we will have some even better hockey on our hands if that is the case.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
No, I totally agree with you, Zetterbeg, as the song “Like a Boss” says:
PUSSIED OUT
(except not like a boss, but like pussy)
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha
Yeah, basically. I also realized something during the game: Detroit gets away with a LOT of interference calls.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously dude that was pissing me off,
i just got done watching the ducks a couple week ago i thought we were done with inference but after that game geez i guess not, bogus.
I don't like you Detroit.
Reminded me a little too much of Anaheim
Refs certainly swallowed their whistles when Anaheim did stuff similar to that.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on May 31, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah anaheim
gets away with murder, detroit has been getting away with murder so far this series as well
I don't like you Detroit.
oh pls … your bias is showing … the refs haven’t been calling penalties on either team
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by ang6666 on Jun 1, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
the interference
is almost unbearable, you love to point it out how anaheim gets away with it but not when detroit gets away with it, and you say I’m biased, give me a break.
I don't like you Detroit.
exactly completely on target there
i was loving malkins effort as well especially around the ref like you said
I don't like you Detroit.
Not one of the wings better efforts . . .
but enough, with the gods apparently aligned against Bettman’s boys.
by DetroiterInNorCal on May 31, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm getting fed up with the interference from both sides
Is anyone else annoyed by this? Both teams dump the puck in and then the opposing teams defenders are practically pushing the guy chasing back towards the blueline. It’s entirely ludicrous. It feels to me like it’s been more of an issue with the Red Wings, but that could be my bias, but there’s no doubt that both teams have been doing way too much of it. There’s also been quite a bit of what I believe should be called holding, but that hasn’t been as annoying, since it affected both the offense and defense about the same.
I realize the refs don’t want to call a huge number of penalties, but with the amount of interference going on currently, you practically need a stroke of good luck to get the puck into the offensive zone. That really shouldn’t be the case.
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