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Yup.
Just saw this angle of the hit on Marchand too. Got to figure the league had access to it and sat on it.
But hey that's the league and this is the playoffs.
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Series Talk: ECSF-Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins (FLA leads 3-2)
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Just saw this angle of the hit on Marchand too. Got to figure the league had access to it and sat on it.
But hey that's the league and this is the playoffs.
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But Bennett says “iT wAs a hOcKeY pLaY” and that he wouldn’t have had time to think to do that.
Biz didn’t let him off the hook much and when he asked him about it he referred to it more than once as as a punch to the head, which Bennett more or less agreed to, but said it was inadvertent as he protected himself from the hit. Something about usually I defend against a hit with both hands but blah blah blah.
Comical, but what else is a player to say? Yeah I saw him coming and it was a good opportunity to sucker him and maybe take him out? No.
It’s the league that is the bigger joke as they botched this and we know the refs suck (all around, for both teams) and miss important stuff and call garbage penalties.
Whatever, no sense getting worked up, it’s done with and the guy will never be required to pay for it, it’s the NHL after all, inconsistency and incompetence are inherent.
Reasons bruins lost:
-Poor offensive decision making
-Inability to get out of their zone with any pace
-Bad coverage in the d zone
-Lack of talent
Reasons they were in the game
-Swayman
-panthers didn’t play their best
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Great game last night. Solid officiating and great job, of course as I stated yesterday anything other than home cooking the New England fans view it as biased officiating.... Chuckled at the Neanderthal Maroon channeling his inner Dave Brown but scaring nobody except the announcing crew that was slobbering over he and Boston and doing absolutely nothing in the process.
I thought McAvoy went high with the hit using his shoulder and glad roles weren't reversed as we would have seen a million views on how the shoulder might have touched skin on the face causing excessive whining.....
I thought McAvoy went high with the hit using his shoulder and glad roles weren't reversed as we would have seen a million views on how the shoulder might have touched skin on the face causing excessive whining.....
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Not a panthers or bruins fan but wow the B’s are getting screwed
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There was no goalie interference because the league is basically saying Coyle dove. My grandma would've stood up to that shove from Bennett. Bruins fans should be ashamed of Coyle flopping like a dead fish instead of trying to play the puck.
It's also possible that some players/teams commit more penalties than others. I love how some think penalty totals must be equal and, if not, the refs are favoring someone.
Over the volcano
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Yup
That one works both ways when you need so much to go right to pull out wins.
Officiating has been terrible, but so have the Bruins, so....
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That’s hilarious after the amount of diving from the Panthers last night.
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While that’s true in general, it’s absolutely not what’s going on in this series.
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Keep telling yourself this. Shots are 149-79. That’s utter domination. Bruins never have the puck and therefore end up taking more penalties. This is common sense stuff. Complain all you want about the Bennett goal. It was a bad call, but the penalty calls themselves were fine. I don’t see you complaining about the soft interference call that led to the pasta goal. Or the soft interference on ekblad that gave Boston a chance to tie. The standard for interference all series has been very light.
So after a nights sleep, here is what has been so frustrating.
As I said after Game 1, the Bruins path to victory is getting the puck behind the Panthers D and exposing that the Panthers are not that great defending in their own zone and to punish the Panthers aggressiveness with odd man rushes. They also have to win the special teams and goaltending battle.
Now, to be clear, this isn't the kind of hockey that is going to win 51 out of 100 games. But it can win 4 of 7.
It might surprise folks, but the Bruins are actually winning the 5 on 5 high danger chance battle in this series. When they get the puck down low they are exposing the Panthers ability to cover. They have been getting odd man rushes and breakaways, but they have not been finishing, and their forward speed means they have not been getting as many of these as they should. They are winning the goaltending battle.
That's all adding up to the Panthers holding an 8 to 7 edge in 5 on 5 goal scoring. Despite the massive possession and shot differentials, the Bruins are mostly keeping the Panthers to lower quality chances and trying to rely on Swayman. Its the game plan and their only path to victory.
But the special teams aspect. Woof. Goals are 7-1 in favor of the Panthers in 5 on 4 situation. The Panthers have more than double the 5 on 4 advantage time, and a not insignificant portion of the Bruins PP time has been in garbage time. The Panthers have 30 minutes of PP time when the game is within a goal and the Bruins 10 minutes. It's not surprising the Panthers have more PPs since they have had the puck more, but that spread is insane. It's been extremely frustrating in a series where the Bruins really need a lot to go right to have a lot going wrong. And for at key times in the past two games especially for questionable calls (and some of them more than questionable) to be going against the Bruins.
The Panthers should be winning the series. But, it's much closer than the "42-18 lol" people are letting on. But, the refs have changed it from a "maybe the Bruins can steal it here" to "no f***ing chance" and that is extremely frustrating.
As I said after Game 1, the Bruins path to victory is getting the puck behind the Panthers D and exposing that the Panthers are not that great defending in their own zone and to punish the Panthers aggressiveness with odd man rushes. They also have to win the special teams and goaltending battle.
Now, to be clear, this isn't the kind of hockey that is going to win 51 out of 100 games. But it can win 4 of 7.
It might surprise folks, but the Bruins are actually winning the 5 on 5 high danger chance battle in this series. When they get the puck down low they are exposing the Panthers ability to cover. They have been getting odd man rushes and breakaways, but they have not been finishing, and their forward speed means they have not been getting as many of these as they should. They are winning the goaltending battle.
That's all adding up to the Panthers holding an 8 to 7 edge in 5 on 5 goal scoring. Despite the massive possession and shot differentials, the Bruins are mostly keeping the Panthers to lower quality chances and trying to rely on Swayman. Its the game plan and their only path to victory.
But the special teams aspect. Woof. Goals are 7-1 in favor of the Panthers in 5 on 4 situation. The Panthers have more than double the 5 on 4 advantage time, and a not insignificant portion of the Bruins PP time has been in garbage time. The Panthers have 30 minutes of PP time when the game is within a goal and the Bruins 10 minutes. It's not surprising the Panthers have more PPs since they have had the puck more, but that spread is insane. It's been extremely frustrating in a series where the Bruins really need a lot to go right to have a lot going wrong. And for at key times in the past two games especially for questionable calls (and some of them more than questionable) to be going against the Bruins.
The Panthers should be winning the series. But, it's much closer than the "42-18 lol" people are letting on. But, the refs have changed it from a "maybe the Bruins can steal it here" to "no f***ing chance" and that is extremely frustrating.
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Lol you’re a Habs fan from Connecticut, comment tracks.
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Bennett goal was a good call. Coyle just lost a puck battle after a baby push from Bennett. Who then simply took the puck and put in the net. Swayman never stood a chance and whatever happened with Coyle had no impact on that.
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"Bennett was going to score that goal regardless" is pretty weak. How many times have we seen that be part of an explanation of waiving off goaltender interference? I cant remember ever hearing that but I could be wrong .
It sure feels like the league is thinking FLA is going to win the series regardless so we don't need to correct ourselves and look bad in the process - first with Bennetts sucker punch and now with this.
Over the volcano
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Marchand has been trying to hurt people and lick their faces his own career. He tried to.blow up Bennett and got blown up. No tears for Marchand. Maybe he should have tried to stand up and fight Bennett but then he would get tuned again. Brad should already be suspended for shoving a ref .
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