Around the NHL 2018-19, Part 6: Playoffs

[Deleted member 27798]

The NHL has to stop calling penalties based on the aftermath of the play. Look at how ridiculous the high sticking rule is. If there is a couple of drops of blood it goes from 2 minutes to 4 or 5, but if a guy gets high sticked, and gets his jaw broken, but no sign of blood...2 minutes.

A guy gets tripped, and as a result, falls and breaks his wrist, does he also get a 5 minute major and a game misconduct. Of course not...he gets 2 minutes. Last night brought to light the absurdity of the officials ruling.


PENALIZE THE ACT, AND NOT THE AFTERMATH OF THE INFRACTION.

It's this kind of nonsense, that will keep the NHL in 4th place(and nowhere close to the other 3) among american professional sports leagues.

 

[dotcommunism]

Of course they can. It sums up why the NHL is a joke league among "major sports."

Every major league has blown calls of this, or even greater, magnitude. The NFL had one just a couple of months ago that sent the Rams to the Superbowl.

 

[Baccus]

Of course they can. It sums up why the NHL is a joke league among "major sports."

Umm..did you miss the NFC Championship game last year? Or the NBA official who was fixing games a ways back? I mean the NHL refereeing is terrible, but so is pretty much every league's.

 

[brian_griffin]

Reviewing penalties in the NHL would open a door directly to hell.

The one behind which stands Gary Bettman?

 

[Baccus]

The one behind which stands Gary Bettman?

I think he's steering the boat on the river Styx.

 

[Ralonzo]

Every major league has blown calls of this, or even greater, magnitude. The NFL had one just a couple of months ago that sent the Rams to the Superbowl.

There's a qualitative difference between missing a call and inventing a call.

The retconning is also something else. Rather than "we screwed up" it's full denial.

 

[dotcommunism]

There's a qualitative difference between missing a call and inventing a call.

The retconning is also something else. Rather than "we screwed up" it's full denial.

Again that type of stuff happens in every league. The idea that the NHL is categorically worse than everyone else isn't remotely true.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Umm..did you miss the NFC Championship game last year? Or the NBA official who was fixing games a ways back? I mean the NHL refereeing is terrible, but so is pretty much every league's.

At least the NHL comes out and tells us their officiating is intentionally poor. Not sure which is better TBH.

 

[jd1970]

Unfortunately I was sleeping when the call happened, but I see two penalties on the play. The crosscheck and throwing a vulnerable player head first into the ice.
They knocked Pavelski out of the series.
Dumb play by Vegas.

 

[Myllz]

The idea that the NHL isn't as popular as it should be because of the reffing is nonsense. You know how many times I've gone to a bar where a hockey game was on and the people there were like "Man, this sport would be great fun to watch if they just got more of those calls right!"?

 

[enthusiast]

Vegas is a dirty team. Sometimes it comes back to bite you, not gonna cry over it. I'd probably be pissed as a Vegas fan tho

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

I like the idea of having an entirely new cast of teams moving into the second round than last year, but i am not sure i can bring myself to root for the 'canes over the caps.

 

[jBuds]

Vegas is a dirty team. Sometimes it comes back to bite you, not gonna cry over it. I'd probably be pissed as a Vegas fan tho

I’m sure they’re both pretty pissed about it, yeah

 

[TheStorm]

The joy of the Leafs getting knocked out of the playoffs in round 1 still hasn't gone away.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Late to the party, but so happy the Leafs are out in the 1st round again.

 

[Chainshot]

The call was classic NHL - welcome to the world the rest of us live in Knight fans.

That said, your team blew a 3-1 games lead to lose three straight. Maybe be pissed about games five and six or the utter terribleness of the PK that matches a record for futility.

And let’s not forget that Pavs got rodeo’d to the ice and the blood pouring out of his helmet. The hurt him. It wasn’t a fluke. I don’t know if they got the right guy but driving a player’s head into the ice should be a penalty.

 

[Chainshot]

I like the idea of having an entirely new cast of teams moving into the second round than last year, but i am not sure i can bring myself to root for the 'canes over the caps.

Time heals all wounds.

Except in hockey.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

The joy of the Leafs getting knocked out of the playoffs in round 1 still hasn't gone away.

If i feel the joy fading, i just go look at their board and just like that it comes back.

 

[Herman Hessian]

fun (and much overused) fact: since the salary cap era began in 2005, only the Leafs and Panthers have yet to win a playoff series.

With Q in Florida, taking charge of Huberdeau, Barkov, Trocheck, Hoffman, Dadonov, Yandle, Ekblad, Borgstrom, Tippett and the like, it's surely not beyond the realms of possibility that this time next year, that same fact (sic) could be a whole lot funner...

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

There's a qualitative difference between missing a call and inventing a call.

The retconning is also something else. Rather than "we screwed up" it's full denial.

Remember this is the same league that ignored a season long rule about the goalies crease being inviolate until game 6 of a Stanley Cup final when it became inconvenient to enforce it.

This league has NO credibility.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

The Sabres have won as many playoff series as the leafs have appeared in since the cap.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Caps out to play early.

 

[slip]

Ovie to Wilson, nice.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Canes are getting dumpstered. Aho had a premium look though.

 

[joshjull]