You need to go buddy. SO much fun. Stubhub.com if you need cheap tickets.You were at the game huh? I've never been to a Hockey game, hear it's a lot of fun though.
You need to go buddy. SO much fun. Stubhub.com if you need cheap tickets.You were at the game huh? I've never been to a Hockey game, hear it's a lot of fun though.
You sound upset, bud. Thats honestly one of the worst posts I've read in message board history. This is hockey, not a goddamn tea party. People get hit and if Miller feels like people are in his area, he can do what he wants to clear his crease.Where to being....
1) Ryan Miller. Man, I can't believe I felt so bad for you after the Olympics. Too bad tremendous skill doesn't make up for the fact that you are a GIANT dickhole. If you leave your crease to go stop a puck and run into Shawn Thornton, there's no need to cry because you got a boo-boo; don't worry, Lindy's tears will heal you up just fine. But that's not even it. Just because every player skates by you, or through your crease, does not mean you have to throw your stick into their mid-section. Not everyone is trying to get at you. This especially goes for when Zdeno Chara is skating towards the puck behind the net and doesn't even go through you, just by you. It's pretty easy under those mounds of pads though, isn't it?
2) NHL Referees. I understand that there is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. What I don't understand is WHY there is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. (This is, of course, solely in reference to calling it for "Abuse of officials") You missed an interference call on Lucic and he let you hear it. FROM THE BENCH. What'd he do? Hurt your feelings? You gonna cry to mommy about it and make her call Lucic's mother? The leagues needs to grow a set.
EDIT: According to a Bruins reporter, Lucic called him a joke and embarrassing and that's what got him the penalty.
3) Last but certainly not least: Patrick Kaleta. If there is any case for getting rid of the instigator penalty it is this filthy little sewer rat <Censored>. He is EXACTLY like Steve Ott. Avery's a jackass but usually he's a <Censored> talker and will occasionally will drop the gloves. These two (Ott and Kaleta) are the one's who throw stupid, reckless, borderline dirty, hits but don't answer the bell.
Case(s) in point: A) Kaleta does his best Bill Goldberg and basically spears Ference into the boards. Ference didn't like it and took a shot at Kaleta. Ference goes in the box. B) Later on Kaleta gets too involved while Rask is covering the puck and Chara takes exception. Kaleta is jawing away and grabs a hold of Chara but refs are quickly there (boy, he knows how to pick his battles). C) After Thornton's "penalty" Kaleta didn't go after Thornton. No he went right after Brad Marchand after Marchand had thought he scored. Just protecting his goalie, right? D) I may be wrong but, during one Bruins rush, McQuaid was jumping up on the play and Kaleta baseball slid and took him out. Of course, as usual, he timed his slide perfect because he didn't catch McQuaid with the skate but rather his knee/body.
Assholes like him are the reason why the instigator rule is a complete joke in the NHL. Back when real hockey was played a dick-cheese like him would have had his face rearranged night in and night out until he either changed his ways or smartened up and quit hockey.
I'm not saying there should be no penalties for interference. My "it's hockey, it's aggressive" remark was in response to you being mad Ryan Miller shoved Chara. Players shove each other all the time and don't get called because they shouldn't. That is not interference, it's physical play and people get caught up in the game.Oh absolutely insightful. Quite possibly greatest in sports board history man. And you were right I was upset, clearly, which spawned the rant. Maybe I was a bit harsh on Miller but, w/e, I was upset and these things happen. But, respectfully of course, I disagree with you and stand by my other points. Oh and by the way....
definitely in the crease, huh?
If anything the "interference" would have been with Campbell but there was a mess of players that you could hardly call a clear interference. Because, as you so poetically put it, "It's hockey. It's aggressive...blah blah blah"
But, alas, what do I know? I'm just "being a little <Censored>."
Hasn't lost a step, continues it every year.Red Wings with the W 5-2. Nicklas Lidstrom aka "The Perfect Human" had a Hat Trick. Dudes been doing it forever and he's still getting it done. 22 points, on the year, before that game. Amazing. Surprisingly, it's his 1st career hat trick.