LETS GO RED WINGS!!!!!

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  • greenmanny
    greenmanny Posts: 766
    Go Wings!
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Halfway home, boys....Go Wings!!!!
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Nice and so the beat down continues just keep it going.

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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Go Red Wings!!!
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    The refs need to get their whistles out of their asses. Zetterberg AGAIN getting away with murder in the crease? And don't even get me started on Marilyn Hossa's blatant stick-smashing hook that lead directly to a goal. Of course, I probably shouldn't complain. The only thing more unbelievable than what isn't being called on the ice is the fact that Malkin is somehow NOT suspended for instigating w/less than 5 mins left...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    DeLukin wrote:
    The refs need to get their whistles out of their asses. Zetterberg AGAIN getting away with murder in the crease? And don't even get me started on Marilyn Hossa's blatant stick-smashing hook that lead directly to a goal. Of course, I probably shouldn't complain. The only thing more unbelievable than what isn't being called on the ice is the fact that Malkin is somehow NOT suspended for instigating w/less than 5 mins left...

    The Scott Walker incident pretty much guaranteed that Malkin wasn't getting suspended.

    I agree about the refs though.. they aren't calling ANYTHING... by either team... It makes the games tough to watch for me. I'd rather see the game called like it is during the regular season and early rounds than the pre-lockout style that is being let go now. We saw some great fast-paced games in the earlier rounds, last night looked like one big clusterfuck all over the ice. I missed Detroit's first goal because I got bored and switched over to some Discover Channel show about whales for a while (and that was with my Pens leading 1-0).

    The teams are pretty evenly matched, I just wish that the skill players on both sides could actually make some plays without having to skate through sticks and arms constantly.
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    ah the frustration really set in that game. poor pens.

    go wings
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    RACE THAT CANT BE WON wrote:
    ah the frustration really set in that game. poor pens.

    go wings
    I'm thinking if the Wings weren't up 2-0 their fans would be complaining about the refs too. And hey if you can get away with it, why wouldn't you do it? But I think my point is that in general the refs have let both teams down substantially thus far.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    DeLukin wrote:
    The refs need to get their whistles out of their asses. Zetterberg AGAIN getting away with murder in the crease? And don't even get me started on Marilyn Hossa's blatant stick-smashing hook that lead directly to a goal. Of course, I probably shouldn't complain. The only thing more unbelievable than what isn't being called on the ice is the fact that Malkin is somehow NOT suspended for instigating w/less than 5 mins left...
    Would like some cheese with your whine, Sir :twisted:
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,316
    In regards to Sunday's game, we saw some face paced games in the earlier rounds because Gary Bettman typically didn't have any other teams play on back-to-back nights.

    Did everyone know that the NBC doesn't pay the NHL for broadcast rights? The NHL doesn't see one cent until NBC has recovered all of their operating expenses ... plus the NHL has to help sell advertising! NBC doesn't give a flying puck about hockey, hence they can't interrupt their prime time weekday schedules thus forcing Bettman to play two weekend games in hopes of attracting a national audience. I say to hell with NBC and just broadcast with Versus. The real hockey fans know where to find it. Either that or kiss ESPN's ass.

    Now that I'm done ranting, how about them Wings!! I was pretty nervous going into the weekend knowing that the Wings were going to be missing a Wizard and Kris Draper but the young kids keep making plays. I'm sure that Bettman is frustrated that his model franchise wasn't able to take advantage of a tired and beat up team.
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    tybird wrote:
    DeLukin wrote:
    The refs need to get their whistles out of their asses. Zetterberg AGAIN getting away with murder in the crease? And don't even get me started on Marilyn Hossa's blatant stick-smashing hook that lead directly to a goal. Of course, I probably shouldn't complain. The only thing more unbelievable than what isn't being called on the ice is the fact that Malkin is somehow NOT suspended for instigating w/less than 5 mins left...
    Would like some cheese with your whine, Sir :twisted:
    Hehehe. Ok, so maybe a LETS GO RED WINGS!!! thread isn't the best place to go to get sympathy for questionable reffing...
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Jason P wrote:
    Did everyone know that the NBC doesn't pay the NHL for broadcast rights? The NHL doesn't see one cent until NBC has recovered all of their operating expenses ... plus the NHL has to help sell advertising! NBC doesn't give a flying puck about hockey, hence they can't interrupt their prime time weekday schedules thus forcing Bettman to play two weekend games in hopes of attracting a national audience. I say to hell with NBC and just broadcast with Versus. The real hockey fans know where to find it. Either that or kiss ESPN's ass.

    Yeah... NBC's coverage is terrible, but Versus isn't a whole lot better... neither of them show freakin' replays of anything.... There is a great scoring chance or a hit, and the next stoppage in play is filled with either "Verizon's sounds of the game" (usually worthless chatter in warmups), crap about the upcoming intermission show, or some other stupid sponsor sold segment.

    There are so many cool things that happen during a game, I wish they would just focus on those than the other crap.
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    DeLukin wrote:
    RACE THAT CANT BE WON wrote:
    ah the frustration really set in that game. poor pens.

    go wings
    I'm thinking if the Wings weren't up 2-0 their fans would be complaining about the refs too. And hey if you can get away with it, why wouldn't you do it? But I think my point is that in general the refs have let both teams down substantially thus far.

    i dont complain about the refs in hockey. we've got it made compared to the nba where the refs can really effect the score

    go wings
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,316
    i dont complain about the refs in hockey. we've got it made compared to the nba where the refs can really effect the score
    I stopped watching the NBA in the last few years due to the horrible officiating ... and I'm also a Pacer's fan and couldn't take the shenanigans any longer.

    I think the NHL has the best officiating out of all of the sports. I'm amazed on how they always get out of the way of the players and the puck, to the point that you don't even realize they are there. For the finals though, they did decide to put the whistle in their back pockets. I think that Penguins and Redwings are both professional enough that it is OK for this series. Both teams have gotten away with small things. Penguin's fans will complain about Hossa's stick break in game 2 while Redwings fans can complain about Malkin's trip of Kronwall in game 1 that led to a breakaway. Overall, the refs have not dictated the series and both team are playing professionally to the point that things are not getting out of hand.
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  • greenmanny
    greenmanny Posts: 766
    Does anyone else find NBC's hockey broadcast team as annoying little twerps?
  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    I think the referees have done a good job of letting the small shit slide. Both teams have had a legitimate complaint go by the way side but overall it's a hell of a lot better than power play and penalty kill units out there. Hockey should always be about 6 skaters (inc. goalie). Obviously there are penalties during a game but no need to call every ticky tack thing that happens.

    I love it when a player thinks a penalty should be called and wants to bitch when he realizes that "hey the plays still goin on and I better get the F moving". Always a classic. As is when a guy 6 foot 2 manages to fall on a push that my 4 year old daughter could deliver harder. Play the game and quit trying to "draw" penalties.

    LETS GO RED WINGS!!
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    greenmanny wrote:
    Does anyone else find NBC's hockey broadcast team as annoying little twerps?
    Other Mike Emerick, yes....they are awful...especially Ed Olyczk...who's seems to be having a threesome with Crosby and Malkin. :twisted:
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  • greenmanny
    greenmanny Posts: 766
    Pierre McGuire really irritates me. I wish the Penguin that Franzen sent into the bench would have taken him out. :)
  • milarso
    milarso Posts: 1,280
    DeLukin wrote:
    The refs need to get their whistles out of their asses. Zetterberg AGAIN getting away with murder in the crease? And don't even get me started on Marilyn Hossa's blatant stick-smashing hook that lead directly to a goal. Of course, I probably shouldn't complain. The only thing more unbelievable than what isn't being called on the ice is the fact that Malkin is somehow NOT suspended for instigating w/less than 5 mins left...

    Let's hear it about Hossa's "blatant stick-smashing hook." Go watch the replay. Dupuis broke his own stick on the ice.
    It's at 2:40
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLw3WVyD6tE

    And by the way- the only way that play directly led to a goal was because Malkin knocked Thomas Holmstrom on top of Fleury, making him even more useless than he was the rest of the game.
    It's at 3:09
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Let's go Red Wings!!!

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