ECQF Game 2: Pittsburgh (2) vs Philadelphia (3) 7PM ET | CBC, TVAS, NBCSN, ATTSN-PT, NBCSP

[heysmilinstrange]

Our powerplay has been absolute ass this game. I'm so sure Hornqvist would risk a concussion just to watch his teammates aimlessly pass the puck around for 2 minutes.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Really because Patrick got off pretty easy earlier when he assaulted the other Patrick.

Yeah that had anything to do with this call.

 

[PattyLafontaine]

This series is getting really good. Must go 7.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Hornqvist looking like an absolute clown being all fired up still over the call.

You know what you ****ing did

Best part is when he gets fined, that was embarassing. So awesome to see refs say finally enough is enough with the POS.

 

[TheMule93]

Not close to a dive. Did he sell it after? Yah. But the hit itself wasn't a dive. Awful call.

Well they didnt call a dive, they called embellishment. He embellished the collision.

 

[Il Stugotz]

The correct call is boarding and embellishment. He got boarded, but he embellished by pushing off the boards and flopping unnaturally.

 

[TheAngryHank]

still was a penalty imo. he did sell it after but he didnt magically go into the boards

Right, he dove into them.

 

[Lampedampe]

Not close to a dive. Did he sell it after? Yah. But the hit itself wasn't a dive. Awful call.

Doesn't it count as a dive if you're trying to sell it after?

 

[RapidFire]

I think the dive is the right call but I don’t agree that it’s offsetting.

Why the hell shouldn't it be offsetting? How are you going to call 2 penalties or a 5 on the flyer's player for that? If the Pens wanted a "PP" out of that maybe Horn should have not embellished after the fact? His fault.

 

[StumbleBum7]

Late hit

how? thats a clean hockey play he forced the offsides and played until play was dead. cant risk it got to finish the play. and im a flyers fan. you guys want any little hit taken out of the game. NHL has clearly worked their magic over the last 5 years and now no one wants physical stuff... pathetic

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

The correct call is boarding and embellishment. He got boarded, but he embellished by pushing off the boards and flopping unnaturally.

Right. He DID get boarded, he also knew what he was doing by flailing around.

 

[Vinegar Strokes]

Great call by the refs. It was a dangerous crosscheck but it also deserved an embellishment penalty.

 

[FlyRoutine]

Penguins delivering some nice dives for the photoshop thread. Looking forward to it

 

[saffronleaf]

How do you embellish a hit while being turned the other way around and getting slammed into the boards?

idk on the Philly feed they showed a nice angle and at different speeds. Hq was cross checked and would have naturally fell to his knees just short of the boards. He propelled himself to make contact with the boards, and then whipped his head back as though it hit the boards / ledge, and then fully fell down.

Definitely seemed like embellishment.

 

[PensandCaps]

Doesn't it count as a dive if you're trying to sell it after?

No. Because the hit itself was still very dangerous.

Anyway. It doesn't matter. The Pens PP is horrendus.

 

[TheKingPin]

Man these pens players showing their real colors. And it’s brown. Shit brown.

 

[josra33]

Definitely an embellishment. No one bounces off the board like that. Right call was made on both.

 

[Coffey]

Don't say I didn't say so.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threa...-nbcsn-sn-tvas.2476521/page-35#post-144384805

 

[HF007]

Resting star players when you’re losing lmao

 

[Bandit]

okay, worst judgement call for embellishment. Obviously there's times when they just see the wrong stick hit people and ****

Fair enough, but that was a dive.

 

[Ocoee]

Definitely an embellishment. No one bounces off the board like that. Right call was made on both.

If that is going to be the standard then it should be called every game. Which it will not

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

Man these pens players showing their real colors. And it’s brown. **** brown.

Same goes for the NBCSN color guys.

 

[Sadekuuro]

The "embellishment" was a terrible call, should absolutely have only been the hit from behind. Likely minimal impact on the outcome though as they were already in a deep hole.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Probably for the best to send them off.

 

[swiftwin]

Just go to the showers already Hornqvist.