WCF: (1) Anaheim Ducks vs (3) Chicago Blackhawks - Part III | Series tied at 2

[Mike Yanagita*]

Champions overcome. Losers make excuses.

haha, i literally did not see this when i posted the same thing.

 

[Benvolio]

Champions overcome. Losers make excuses.

TIL we on HF boards dictate our teams' emotions in the locker room.

Such wizardry.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Your team is 2 games away from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals and you're going to whine about officiating? Wow.

 

[The Noot]

You're not allowed to quote a motivational cat poster unless you include a picture of a motivated cat.

 

[Amp30]

Good series!

 

[Getzmonster]

Bad calls happen in every game, it's the double-standard calls (no-calls) that send me into a blinding rage. It's been an issue in this series, if nobody outside of Anaheim agrees, so be it, I wouldn't expect them to.

Seriously, we need to drop it and look at the coming best of three. Nobody from the Ducks organization made a single comment about officiating from what I saw, even Bruce ducked (hehe) the question about the ref's Beauchemin takedown and simply stated that Francois collided with him. He gave it zero slant to imply an issue with it. So all the comments of "Champs don't make excuses derp" nonsense is irrelevant, the team isn't making excuses. And for a team that has grown accustomed to getting a heavy load of reputation calls thrown their way, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone on the team making a stink about officiating.

 

[Habsawce]

 

[Bakpuck]

Bad calls happen in every game, it's the double-standard calls (no-calls) that send me into a blinding rage. It's been an issue in this series, if nobody outside of Anaheim agrees, so be it, I wouldn't expect them to.

Seriously, we need to drop it and look at the coming best of three. Nobody from the Ducks organization made a single comment about officiating from what I saw, even Bruce ducked (hehe) the question about the ref's Beauchemin takedown and simply stated that Francois collided with him. He gave it zero slant to imply an issue with it. So all the comments of "Champs don't make excuses derp" nonsense is irrelevant, the team isn't making excuses. And for a team that has grown accustomed to getting a heavy load of reputation calls thrown their way, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone on the team making a stink about officiating.

Just us Duck fans that have seen the lopsided officiating. Ducks go home ahead 3-1 without the holding call that we all knew was coming.

 

[The Noot]

Just us Duck fans that have seen the lopsided officiating. Ducks go home ahead 3-1 without the holding call that we all knew was coming.

Doesn't matter now. It's a 3 game series and we can't change it.

 

[Bakpuck]

Champions overcome. Losers make excuses.

Not Champions yet, unless you want to go past last year like Blackhawk fans like to do.

 

[BigBootsie]

Just us Duck fans that have seen the lopsided officiating. Ducks go home ahead 3-1 without the holding call that we all knew was coming.

There were 2 OTs for the Ducks to score and they failed. It's really as simple as that. Saying the Hawks for certain would have lost if the Ducks didn't take a penalty is just a guess. Personally I believe if the Hawks didn't get that PP they would have scored 5 more goals and Kesler would have retired immediately after the game. And 2 of those goals would come from the refs stick.

 

[Your Reality Check]

Officiating has been fine. Ducks get away with just as much. I understand raging due to the goal from a collision with the ref though. When they called no goal on Hammer's goal in Game 7 vs the Wings in 2013 I was pretty homicidal until the Hawks won it.

 

[Benvolio]

Officiating has been fine. Ducks get away with just as much. I understand raging due to the goal from a collision with the ref though. When they called no goal on Hammer's goal in Game 7 vs the Wings in 2013 I was pretty homicidal until the Hawks won it.

Come on now. There's a difference when both teams are getting away with penalties and what happened last night. Both teams could have had the same amount of PP's last night. The difference is that as soon as the Ducks go up 4-3 the refs immediately start looking to call anything to help Chicago tie it up.

You cannot honestly say that call on Silf was holding. Especially compared to the other **** that they ignored last night.

"Officiating has been fine" is the biggest joke anyone could write about last nights game. Unless of course you're a Blackhawks fan.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Not Champions yet, unless you want to go past last year like Blackhawk fans like to do.

If that's what you got out of what I said, you're missing my point.

 

[HawkinMI]

Not Champions yet, unless you want to go past last year like Blackhawk fans like to do.

Man, how dare we point to accomplishments that happened a whole two and five years ago

That's not even what he meant tho, you missed the point entirely

 

[chicagoskycam]

Come on now. There's a difference when both teams are getting away with penalties and what happened last night. Both teams could have had the same amount of PP's last night. The difference is that as soon as the Ducks go up 4-3 the refs immediately start looking to call anything to help Chicago tie it up.

You cannot honestly say that call on Silf was holding. Especially compared to the other **** that they ignored last night.

"Officiating has been fine" is the biggest joke anyone could write about last nights game. Unless of course you're a Blackhawks fan.

You actually believe this. Why even follow the league then.

 

[Benvolio]

You actually believe this. Why even follow the league then.

Even in loss it is still entertaining as all hell.

No other sport could bring me to sign up for a forum and angrily rant after a game.

Edit: Also your post still doesn't address the weakness in the penalty on Silf. You're just ignoring my points brah.

 

[ToewsForDays]

Seabrook slash was a weak call. Kesler hit him late. If anything they could have atleast both gotten penalties.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Even in loss it is still entertaining as all hell.

No other sport could bring me to sign up for a forum and angrily rant after a game.

Edit: Also your post still doesn't address the weakness in the penalty on Silf. You're just ignoring my points brah.

No I'm not. You noticed I bolded the part I was commenting on to help you out. I'm referring to your conspiracy theory that the league wants the Hawks to win or wants an OT game, ect. It's a joke of an excuse if I ever heard one.

 

[Benvolio]

No I'm not. I'm referring to your conspiracy theory that the league wants the Hawks to win or wants an OT game, ect. It's a joke of an excuse if I ever heard one.

Again not addressing the issue.

You're just attacking a strawman. You can't just say "oh well your point is ridiculous!" and claim you won a debate. The whole "NHL wants the Hawks to win" thing is a joke for the most part. My point is that the reffing, especially last game, was entirely one sided.

It looks to me that you're claiming the following based off of your comments:

1) The Blackhawks did not commit enough penalties last night to match the amount of PPs they received.

2) The call on Silf was legit

3) The Blackhawks style of play makes them immune from interference, holding, slashing, etc.

4) The Ducks are by far the dirtier team

5) The timing of some of the PPs wasn't suspect at all based around what was not being called just a few minutes earlier

Now if you agree with that more power to you but something tells me you don't.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Again not addressing the issue.

You're just attacking a strawman. You can't just say "oh well your point is ridiculous!" and claim you won a debate. The whole "NHL wants the Hawks to win" thing is a joke for the most part. My point is that the reffing, especially last game, was entirely one sided.

It looks to me that you're claiming the following based off of your comments:

1) The Blackhawks did not commit enough penalties last night to match the amount of PPs they received.

2) The call on Silf was legit

3) The Blackhawks style of play makes them immune from interference, holding, slashing, etc.

4) The Ducks are by far the dirtier team

5) The timing of some of the PPs wasn't suspect at all based around what was not being called just a few minutes earlier

Now if you agree with that more power to you but something tells me you don't.

Answer to question #1. There is no league rule that states teams must receive equal penalties. Where do you get this from? Penalties are called as the officials see them. Duh or are you saying they should have more... I don't even..

Answer to number #2. Okay

Answer to number #3. No, not all the time. The Hawks are a puck possession team and not very physical. The nature of the team is they typically don't commit a ton of penalties. The regular season averages for both teams suggest this as well.

Answer to #4 - if you say so

Answer to #5 - Conspiracy theory again. You're suggesting the refs purposely called a penalty to give the Hawks a chance to tie regardless of there was actually was one. Not that a mistake was made but there is an agenda here by the refs in the league. Take a step back and think about what you're saying.

 

[Salvaged Ship]

I could understand if the NHL was for Chicago. A Chicago/NY final is a ratings dream, a Ducks/Lightning series wouldn't win a ratings battle against Gilligans Island reruns because nobody outside a few counties gives a damn.

 

[kducks]

I could understand if the NHL was for Chicago. A Chicago/NY final is a ratings dream, a Ducks/Lightning series wouldn't win a ratings battle against Gilligans Island reruns because nobody outside a few counties gives a damn.

Yet somehow this conference finals has been higher rated than the last two years.

 

[Salvaged Ship]

Yet somehow this conference finals has been higher rated than the last two years.

Two great teams, great hockey, great drama. No denying that one.

 

[The Jesus*]

Best conference final in ages. Two equally matched powerhouses taking each other into multiple overtimes. This is just damn good hockey.