Once Again Pissburgh is the Sole Beneficiary

[ivan722]

The question is whether or not the officiating will be somewhat fair, just somewhat fair, for the finals. Whether the calls will not be one-sided in the Penguins favor like they've been for the first three rounds. That's what I'm concerned about at this time because I would hate to see the Stanley Cup Finals ruined.
I would guestimate that through the first three rounds of this postseason, the edge is clearly in Pissburgh's favor by a distinct two to one advantage and that's totally disgusting. How the league can possibly sit back and allow this one-sided fiasco to continue on through the finals would be a travesty to say the least.

The 'bush-league' officiating tactics are straight forward and quite simple. When the Penguins are in trouble, be it having a goal scored against them to put the opposing team ahead at anytime during the contest, be it the opposing team scoring a goal to tie the game at anytime, whenever or whatever, it doesn't matter, you can be rest assured the referees will intervene very quickly to enable Pissburgh to gain some sort of immediate advantage and that's the bottom line. If they don't capitalize on the first questionable powerplay awarded to them, they are soon provided with a two-man advantage, as was the case against the Flyers in game two of the opening round, to even the score or put them back in front.
It's that simple!

Now I'm sure Gary Bettman, referred to as the National Hockey League's 'dwarf', is fully aware that the public, other than Pissburgh supporters of course, has caught on to this ridiculous journey of officiating in the Penguins favor through the first three rounds of the postseason and if the guy has any brains at all, I'm quite sure he'll call the 'dogs' off for the final round against the defending champion Detroit Red Wings.

 

[Bushay]

Still having a hard time dealing with that 1st round Canadians sweep eh Ivan? Try and let it go. It'll feel a lot better.

 

[TheWolf]

You really do have no life.

 

[mplastered]

And once again you've proven to be a whiney little bitch. Sorry Obarma, I had to.

 

[billhill999]

From where I sit, and I'm a Devil fan, so I couln't give a rats ass who wins this series, that the calls are biased Pens way, and it's no secret the NHL needs Crosby in the finals.

Anybody who thinks the NHL is on the up and up, I'll retell this story.
My best friends older brother growing up was the starting goalie for the Hershey Bears.
One day we were playing street hockey with him, he told me to take my best shot, I did, he opened his pads, maybe 1/16th of an inch, goal, right through the five hole.

My buddies best friend says to me, "see, Willie, that's how you 'control' a hockey game"

25 years later, I still remember that.

 

[mplastered]

Did he go pro?

 

[billhill999]

Did he go pro?

No, Hershey is as high as he got.
He was Flyer property, Bernie Parent was the regular, and he wasn't as good as St. Croix.
Stephenson was more athletic, he never got past the AHL level.

 

[mplastered]

Sorry, not gonna claim everyone is on the up and up, but, someone somwhere eventually talks. Gotta beleive the game is being called as it was 10, 20, 30 years ago and so on. You can disect any game and spot uncalled or weakly called penalties. Someone bitches after every game on this forum. Do you really think the NHL wants the Pens to sweep? Yea, yea, I know, I just a Pens fan.

 

[billhill999]

You are a Pens fan, I can respect that, but there are a lot of calls this series that make you say, 'Hmmmmmmmm'

 

[mplastered]

Always are.

 

[In2Win]

You are a Pens fan, I can respect that, but there are a lot of calls this series that make you say, 'Hmmmmmmmm'

There are alot of missed calls on both sides....example the elbow jordan staal took. Its hockey and it the speed of the game.

And then there are the calls that need to be made......the dumb delay of game penatlies the hurricans take, and the elbow by erik cole. Those are calls that are blatent that you need to make, there are no and ifs or buts and its nottaking the side of one team

The penguins are just completely dominating this series....the shots on goal and the time in carolina zone is just putting so much pressure on carolina that there are becoming frustrated and taking dumb penatlies.

This team just comes at you with so much pressure and firepower that teams are forced to play out of their element.

 

[TheWolf]

Thats your basis for why the NHL is fixed & people beleive you?

and millions watched that SD/ PITT NFL game and watched a blatent fix job in the making and still refused to believe it.

From where I sit, and I'm a Devil fan, so I couln't give a rats ass who wins this series, that the calls are biased Pens way, and it's no secret the NHL needs Crosby in the finals.

Anybody who thinks the NHL is on the up and up, I'll retell this story.
My best friends older brother growing up was the starting goalie for the Hershey Bears.
One day we were playing street hockey with him, he told me to take my best shot, I did, he opened his pads, maybe 1/16th of an inch, goal, right through the five hole.

My buddies best friend says to me, "see, Willie, that's how you 'control' a hockey game"

25 years later, I still remember that.

 

[TheWolf]

FWIW......Every Penguins series has had very poor officiating. While I am a Pens fan, I always try to stay objective when discussing stuff here, and I do not see a clear bias. There have been several missed calls and several bad calls going both ways. So, it is all in the eye of the beholder.....most Pens fans complain and most Pens opponents complain. The only thing that stood out to me is how Ovechkin continues to get away with charging & boarding people when he checks them.

Carolina has been so thoroughly dominated in this series it really wouldnt have mattered.

 

[MSUSpartans]

Yes, whenever I think objective, Mr Wolf is the first person that comes to mind.

But I do agree Wolfy, all I'm seeing in this series is a Carolina team out of gas, and Pittsburgh team playing on all cylinders. Carolina has gotten their PP opportunities, but they have looked horrid on the PP, and Pitt has played physical, but smart D. I wondered a couple of times during the Washington series, but not once in this series.

 

[dg84]

this detroit/pittsburgh matchup should be much more competitive than last year's. fluery was the only reason that went 6 games last year. much more mature, seasoned team this time around. i think we may get a 7 gamer.

 

[MSUSpartans]

this detroit/pittsburgh matchup should be much more competitive than last year's. fluery was the only reason that went 6 games last year. much more mature, seasoned team this time around. i think we may get a 7 gamer.

I agree. Malkin will actually be a factor in this series, and Pitt knows what to expect this time around.

 

[dg84]

msu, i'm obviously a pens fan but i just want it to be a great series & may the better team win. have to respect an orginization like the wings that puts out a competitve team year in & year out, dosen't usually talk shit & when they do talk they back it up with solid, hardnosed hockey. too bad not everyone on forums like these can see that the two best teams are going to the finals & it has nothing to do with the refs or the nhl dictating who wins. let's face it, the nhl ratings wouldn't be significantly affected by carolina or washington being there instead of the pens anyway. 95% of the fans are watching no matter who's involved in the final. the only extra casual fans you get would be from the cities of the teams involved in the final.

 

[Bushay]

msu, i'm obviously a pens fan but i just want it to be a great series & may the better team win. have to respect an orginization like the wings that puts out a competitve team year in & year out, dosen't usually talk shit & when they do talk they back it up with solid, hardnosed hockey. too bad not everyone on forums like these can see that the two best teams are going to the finals & it has nothing to do with the refs or the nhl dictating who wins. let's face it, the nhl ratings wouldn't be significantly affected by carolina or washington being there instead of the pens anyway. 95% of the fans are watching no matter who's involved in the final. the only extra casual fans you get would be from the cities of the teams involved in the final.

Well said and right on the money.

I'd also like to add as I've claimed all season long that the Wings are a better team than last season with the addition of Hossa among other things. And it's hard to imagine the Pens even being in this position they are in right now after all they've been thru. Losing Hossa, Malone, Roberts, Gonchar being out all that time, new coach and just the fact the pickups they made at the deadline are jelling so well. But with all that being said I think the Wings are in for the series of their lives if/when they meet. The Hossa factor alone will motivate the pens like playing with an extra skater. I keep thinking back to the NHL commercials they made after the series with the players coming out of the photographs and Crosby claiming he didn't want to "ever" be in this photo again like this. And he's proving so fasr that he means it. And the way Malkin is playing, were looking at an even better, more interesting series than even last season gave us. Good luck to you guys as well.

 

[MSUSpartans]

msu, i'm obviously a pens fan but i just want it to be a great series & may the better team win. have to respect an orginization like the wings that puts out a competitve team year in & year out, dosen't usually talk shit & when they do talk they back it up with solid, hardnosed hockey. too bad not everyone on forums like these can see that the two best teams are going to the finals & it has nothing to do with the refs or the nhl dictating who wins. let's face it, the nhl ratings wouldn't be significantly affected by carolina or washington being there instead of the pens anyway. 95% of the fans are watching no matter who's involved in the final. the only extra casual fans you get would be from the cities of the teams involved in the final.

:toast:

 

[dg84]

speaking of ratings, here's my rant of the day. you hear all the time about how there's nothing else in sports like playoff hockey but it's so true. i will never understand why this sport has never really taken off in this country exccept in the northeast & the upper midwest. people complain all the time about bettman & the nhl not promoting itself well which is all true but that's only a small part of it. even during gretzky & the oilers heyday & then during lemieux's reign the nhl was always number 4 among sports. now, you could definitely make the case that it's behind nascar & golf as sad as that is. i can understand people not warming up to soccer if you never played the sport or don't know the nuances of the game but with the speed, skill & constant physical contact in hockey it should be extremely popular in the U.S. iv'e talked to my redneck friends where i live until i'm blue in the face about giving hockey a chance but they would rather watch a machine make left turns for 4 or 5 hours. must be something about the possibility of death that makes it compelling. sorry, don't mean to offend any nascar fans. to each their own i suppose.