Around the league: Playoffs III | No Canadian Teams Left in Playoffs...and nobody cares.

[Addison Rae]

jesus christ that was a terrible call.

just saw it now.

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

 

[geebaan]

What a f***ing terrible call......holy moly, seeing it again...

 

[Motte and Bailey]

"We are witnessing one of the greatest playoff games of all time"

No we're not, we're witnessing one of the worst major calls, let alone minor penalty calls, of all time.

Relax. The refs still owe Vegas another 1.5 even up calls.

 

[Egghead1999]

And 99.5% of face offs don’t end up like that. Yeesh. No need to finish a guy going down like that.

Did you watch the game or just watch the push result?

 

[Intoewsables]

That was legitimately one of the worst calls I've seen in the 20 years I've been watching hockey. You can maybe call that a 2 minute cross-checking penalty but that's not something that gets called often in the playoffs, let alone the third period of game 7.

Scary result and you hope Pavelski is okay after that, but wow. Breathtakingly stupid.

 

[tantalum]

I guess you saw it much more innocently than I did.

It was a stick to the shoulders followed by a guy getting tangled up so he fell on his head. It was purely a freak accident.

 

[timw33]

And 99.5% of face offs don’t end up like that. Yeesh. No need to finish a guy going down like that.

Can you please show me where Cody Eakin "finishes a guy going down like that" or uses "MMA moves"

Cody Eakin received a 5 major and a 10. Show me where he does more than a simple cross check off the faceoff.

 

[Addison Rae]

Ron is such a f***ing moron

 

[MS]

I guess you saw it much more innocently than I did.

Eakin wasn’t even looking at Pavelski. He was looking at Burns at the point and gave Pavelski a little shove to get past him. It was a complete nothing play.

 

[geebaan]

Oh course Ron is justifying it. f***ing garbage.

 

[Dab]

Did you watch the game or just watch the push result?

pavelski was going down and buddy shoved him - got a penalty- maybe it was too much but whatever- don’t do the crime etc

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

Vegas are a ridiculously good team right now, and any neutral should be cheering for them to advance

 

[EpochLink]

That call didn’t deserve 5 minutes.

 

[geebaan]

Saying the hockey gods took care of everyone cause the referees are good.

Ron Cherry

 

[Dab]

Eakin wasn’t even looking at Pavelski. He was looking at Burns at the point and gave Pavelski a little shove to get past him. It was a complete nothing play.

Sure, he just accidentally on purpose shoved him.

 

[thecupismine]

That was a 2-minute minor that turned into a 5-minute major because of the injury. I don't even think the refs had made a call until they saw the blood splattered on the ice.

Regardless, that 3rd period was wild. Fleury looked rattled as hell after that second goal, and Vegas was garbage on the PK. Most entertaining period of hockey so far during the playoffs.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Ron is such a ****ing moron

I never had any real gripe with ron McLean until just now. And now I dont think im ever going to like him again

 

[VanillaCoke]

Sure, he just accidentally on purpose shoved him.

You should schedule an appointment with your optometrist as soon as possible

 

[geebaan]

pavelski was going down and buddy shoved him - got a penalty- maybe it was too much but whatever- don’t do the crime etc

Lol, don’t do the crime. Cool post.

 

[Cupless44]

He did almost nothing there.

I didn’t even think that was a major. Stastny pushed Pavelski on the way down and he hit his head on the ice.

 

[Hockeyphysio]

I mean I like protecting players and all but that is just a terrible call

 

[Motte and Bailey]

Eakin shoved him out of the way as he tried to get to the point and then Pavelski stumbled into another Vegas player and landed on his head.

It was an absolutely ridiculous call because a guy was lying on the ice not moving. It was the sort of play that happens 200 times in every game with a freak, fluke result.

There was no infraction there, much less one that should have been called in the 3rd period of a Game 7.

It was a cross check so “there was no infraction there” is incorrect. Pavelski also got injured with blood all over the ice and that’s usually the difference between a major and a minor. It’s true that this kind of play happens all the time but the NHL is known to punish based on result not intent so the call wasn’t out of left field.

 

[Dab]

Lol, don’t do the crime. Cool post.

Thanks, dawg

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

I'm so sick of Ron McLean. Please fire his ass.

 

[vanuck]

I never had any real gripe with ron McLean until just now. And now I dont think im ever going to like him again

Not even after the Burrows-Auger incident?

 

[mossey3535]

Also IMO if anyone should bear blame in the Toronto debacle, it's Babcock. He was stubborn, couldn't get his team to play the right way down the stretch, and didn't make adjustments.

I've respected him as a coach in the past but other than talking a lot of folksy shit I didn't see him do anything to help his team get ready for the playoffs. He also didn't manage his goaltending well IMO. I don't think Andersen can play 60 games a season and the playoffs as well. His good run with Anaheim he only played 55 games, and he was basically platooned with Gibson in the other season just before being traded to the Leafs.

He may have become a dinosaur before our eyes.

 

[mossey3535]

I'm so sick of Ron McLean. Please fire his ass.

What did he say?