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 Ustrello wrote:
The flopping on that high stick was almost at a soccer level right there

Still got cut.

Blues absolutely stole one today... and we'll take it.

 whembly wrote:

Blues absolutely stole one today... and we'll take it.

The decision to stop trying to run the 'Hawks through the boards was a good one. Physical teams have tried that for years, and it has never worked.

I would question the wisdom of putting Steve Ott in the lineup, but the officiating has been so bad across the whole league that his shenanigans are unlikely to be a problem.

 dogma wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Blues absolutely stole one today... and we'll take it.

The decision to stop trying to run the 'Hawks through the boards was a good one. Physical teams have tried that for years, and it has never worked.

I hope the team truly wised up to that...

I would question the wisdom of putting Steve Ott in the lineup, but the officiating has been so bad across the whole league that his shenanigans are unlikely to be a problem.

I vastly prefer Ryan Reeves than Ott...

Glad to see Philly sports fans remain as classy as ever... Way to show respect to EMS' memory there guys. Even your own PA announcer was appalled.

Caps crush the Broad Street Buffoons!

Caps need to sweep this series before the Flyers hurt anyone else with their crud (out of respect for Dakka's profanity filter)

Then Ryan White can spend the whole off-season whining about how the Caps are getting all th calls because the league wants them to keep playing...

Valete,

JohnS

That goalie fight though

 Ustrello wrote:
That goalie fight though

By Wayne Gretzky, how on earth Crawford didn't get an extra penalty??

FETH YOU REFS!

 whembly wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
That goalie fight though

By Wayne Gretzky, how on earth Crawford didn't get an extra penalty??

Goalie contact is my guess, same thing as hitting the kicker in football it may be an accident but its a no no

 Ustrello wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
That goalie fight though

By Wayne Gretzky, how on earth Crawford didn't get an extra penalty??

Goalie contact is my guess, same thing as hitting the kicker in football it may be an accident but its a no no

Fabbri was pushed into Crawford by Toews. No way Fabs could avoid the collision.

Fecking Refs...

Well I mean the blues did get that goal taken away from the hawks this game. That was a bad call by the refs

 Ustrello wrote:
Well I mean the blues did get that goal taken away from the hawks this game. That was a bad call by the refs

Puck has to cross the line. Meaning, you need to see the white ice between the goal line and the puck.

It's unfortunate the refs whistled the play dead a second later... but, those plays happen frequent enough.

That was my point it was a goal (pretty much) but the refs whistled it dead

Taransenko ties it!

EDIT: I knew what you meant. Still the non-call on Crawford was baffling...

EDIT 2: I think the Blues are getting into the 'Hawks head in this game.

EDIT 3: Wooooooooo! Blues win and takes a 3 to 1 game lead! Tempers flared at the buzzard and we almost got an old school "Slap Shot" brawl.

Really?

Put on your big boy pants officials, you got that call wrong. If it was interference on Shaw it was also interference on Brouwer, and holding on Stastny.

There were all kinds of blown calls in this game...

Like, how didn't Crawford didn't get an instigator penalty is beyond me.

 whembly wrote:

Like, how didn't Crawford didn't get an instigator penalty is beyond me.

There was no fighting penalty called, and no one is going to call an instigator penalty on the goalie in the playoffs; especially when the opposition has Steve Ott...but then no one is going to call a fair game when one team is physical. Playoff hockey and all that.

 whembly wrote:

Fabbri was pushed into Crawford by Toews. No way Fabs could avoid the collision.

Fabbri's momentum carried him into Crawford.

Welp... now that the Wings are playing golf, I decided to take a peek at the Free Agency situation... and now I'm completely convinced that 25 years is where the streak will end.

Pens destroyed the Rangers last night. Been a long time since the Pens star players got things done in the playoffs. Murray has been a beast in goal this year.

“We are still earlier than what all the other sports do, with respects to Mr. Foley,” he said. “Mr. Foley didn’t have his facts straight. You’re trying to get a national audience involved.”

No, you're trying to get advertising revenue. The puck dropped at 8:42 CST because some of the ad breaks went for ~10 minutes.

Even then you are getting bad returns for the 3rd and second half of the 2nd period because it is getting so late

 Ustrello wrote:
Even then you are getting bad returns for the 3rd and second half of the 2nd period because it is getting so late

I'm fine with an 8:30 puck drop...but actually drop the puck at 8:30. Don't shoehorn in a ridiculous number of commercials, or make Eddie Olczyk artificially extend pregame time with more comments about young hockey players.

 dogma wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
Even then you are getting bad returns for the 3rd and second half of the 2nd period because it is getting so late

I'm fine with an 8:30 puck drop...but actually drop the puck at 8:30. Don't shoehorn in a ridiculous number of commercials, or make Eddie Olczyk artificially extend pregame time with more comments about young hockey players.

I fully agree. I'm still recovering from the last game.

I fully expect the 'Hawks to come out strong and curbstomp the Blues tonight... no way Chicago will lose the 3rd home game in a row.

The nuclear option line is turning out very well for the hawks tonight.





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That power play was beautiful, especially coming from shaw who isn't very artful

Aaaaaaaaaand the Blues are going to blow it...

le sigh...

Honestly it was a close game

 whembly wrote:
Aaaaaaaaaand the Blues are going to blow it...

The worst part for the Blues is that they looked frustrated at the end. Those penalties by Bortuzzo and Bouwmeester were just bad and pretty much ended the game for them.

 dogma wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Aaaaaaaaaand the Blues are going to blow it...

The worst part for the Blues is that they looked frustrated at the end. Those penalties by Bortuzzo and Bouwmeester were just bad and pretty much ended the game for them.

Yeah.... the Blues absolutely lost their composer that game.

Game 7 is tonight.

hoooo boy.

YEAH BABY! BLUES BEAT THE BLACKHAWKS!!!!

Crawford though? Damn the save he made.... I mean, I couldn't even on some of them.

Yeah it wasn't the Hawks year this year. They were too tired, still though the blues will get their asses kicked by the stars.

EDIT:


Indeed... I feel good about taking on the Dallas Stars.

Hawks lose, Hulk sad! I think the memory of game 6 will carry me through, though.
In the end, the Hawks need rest. How many post season games have they racked up in the last few years? Time to lay on a beach and actually have time off between seasons.