The Jets, Columbus and Preds are not real NHL teams to me. Games against them should be considered like a hockey friendly. Nevertheless the Preds are hogging all our Pure Wool.
I still have questions for anyone who has seen Les Boys live. . Is DDD as useless as we TV viewers think? Is Danny Lite Beer ever going to ferment? Is Diaz softer than the mattress at a burn unit? Despite his awkward style is gCHuck a top NHL caliber skater?
I am also down with Carnivol, but I heard another name on the fox broadcast for the greatest player ever to play hockey, Boone Generator. Generator we can hold in reserve and could shorten it to Jeanie, I dreamed of Jeanie, and know he is on the ice,
When I'm rushing on my run Wow, the FHF is in my blood And the blood is in my head When I put a puck into my vein Then I tell you things aren't quite the same When I'm rushing on my run Then the blood begins to flow, Irie When it shoots up the dropper's neck You can't help me not you guys All you sweet girls with all your sweet talk You can all go take a fucking walk I am not comming down will not take off my sailor suit and cap Until the mighty habs take the parade route back
That is an awesom book, isn't it moe? They were so good in the late seventies they were bored. Can you imagine? I took it all for granted back then. *sob*
You know it Moey, both of Dryden's books (also 'Home Game) are quintessential Canadian hockey fan must reads. Luckily, I had both signed by Ken and not one of those quick ten seconds and goodbye deals. Ken took the time (November 83or84?) to chat for a minute or two. The line-up was long at the Ottawa bookstore. Bonus, it was my birthday. Told him the origin of my name. He got a kick out of it. Great Hab. Great goalie. Great Canadian.
For me Ken Dryden was the greatest goalie ever and is my all time Canadien idol. The Game was a book I read years ago but is still the best hockey book I have ever read. Thanks Moemsn for the link to this new edition. I will have to get it sent over for Christmas. A small part of me died when he worked in Toronto but I forgave him long ago..we have all made mistakes...he remains my all time favourite Hab and I know that we have not seen the last of him in the Montreal organisation...
Save yourselves. Do NOT tune into the HNIC pregame. I've got the over/under of the 22 minutes of airtime set at 9 minutes dedicated to the mediot fabricated 'controversial' icing goal from the other night. I expect between 60 and 90 seconds dedicated to the Habs, possibly even giving Carey Price some props. Just like MT2.0 they will focus on PK's 'mistake' leading to the third goal rather than the rest of his amazing playmaking skills.
So far no mention of the leafs being cheated of a sure victory by incompetent officials. It was mentioned that they lead the league in giveaways.....the Hawks must be licking their chops.
Missed some of the hnicockroach show but two things, the Montreal Canadiens has NEVER been known as the big C (nice try mclame). Also, pjstuck's neck keeps spewing out some seriously ugly shit.
Just baked some simple baguette from scratch (flour, salt, sugar, warm water, instant yeast, a touch of honey) which I am having with canned soup. irony. Sleeman Rousse for beverage.
FWIW, I had a huge week of 'study week' conferences which ended late this afternoon with wine and cheese with the University President Allan Rock (a big Dryden fan).
No streams appear to be working. The nhl game day one does but only for 2 minutes, then they want 79 bucks to continue...so fuck that bullshit. Maybe it's the iPad limiting my access - I don't know but whatever the reason I'm too fucked off and somewhat pissed o care knight. I I'll check out the highlights in the morning.
http://habsonlinetv.blogspot.ca/ http://atdee.net/68063/watch-nashville-vs-montreal-fr http://atdhe.me/hockey/live-24e45-montreal-canadiens-nashville-predators http://atdhe.xxx/hockey/watch-montreal-canadiens-nashville-predators-48175 All working for me but I am watching CBC which is better than the rest
Although across the lake, it would be fun to see how much cbchnicockroaches spent on flying/ferrying their entire fucking road crew to Chicago for a 'Canadian' Saturday night game.
Heh. HHOF is in a Bank of Montreal at the CotU. Sadly hogtown's stink is bigger than any city in Canada so they get to keep the war room, which is unsurprisingly stocked with lots of ex-leaf.
But seriously, that called off goal just doesn't make sense. The ref called it a goal. Toronto has to definitively see that it didn't cross the line, but they say they couldn't. So suddenly all 4 officials say it didn't cross the line? That sort of revisionist history would make Soviet Russia blush.
Sorry, this won't make me popular (as if I am) but even in the slowest mo on my awesome TV you couldn't see it cross the line. They made the right call.
That was all on Moen. He sat there drooling on the puck by the boards instead of getting it out and gets deked out of his jock along with the rest of the group out there.
Nashville has zero offence, both goals scored by their D. Played the ol' rope-a-dope to perfection. I swear Chokula is behind the Predators bench wearing a Barry Trotz disguise.
This game was pretty predictable. Airtight defence, Rinne a wall and they shut down the Eller line, there was fuck all left to score for the Habs. PleXXX is out there by himself, DDD useless what do they want, BlanCHe's line to score? Oh well, they were due for a loss, thank fuck the cockroaches' faves lost as well. Thanks, Joel Q.
True to a certain extent N31, but that trio was looking at Weber and Jones all night long. They were the only ones Trotz was worried about obviously.
Hey, its a long season, you can't win'em all yada yada. Boy, I'll bet Stevie Y is kicking his own ass for taking Drouin over Seth Jones...what a stud that kid is.
The west conference is a mystery. I had no idea Brent Burns was playing wing. Good looking power forward. I know a certain team that could use a player like that.
What I said only more words and some that make sense, from ETOP/
The actual game however, was very close. In fact, if it weren't for four officials deciding to rewrite the rule book on the fly, the game would have at least gone to overtime, if not been a win for Montreal.
"HE HAD HIS GLOVE ON IT SO TECHNICALLY YOU CAN’T SEE IT INSIDE, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE IT OUTSIDE THE LINE, IT'S GOT TO BE INSIDE. IT’S LOGIC." -LARS ELLER To open the third period, Lars Eller pounced on a loose puck and scooped it into the net under Pekka Rinne's glove. The referee behind the net immediately called it a goal, which means that in order for it not to count, there needs to be conclusive video evidence that the puck did not cross the line. After deciding to review the play with video, the official went to center ice, and claimed that the call on the ice was no goal.
Bad calls are made in the NHL all the time, and they go against every team. However as a friend of mine noted last night, this wasn't a bad call, it wasn't a judgement call, it was a clear and obvious breaking of NHL rules. Once the call on the ice is made that it's a goal, it must be overturned by video review in order to be called off. Officials further away from the net can not overrule another ref and call off a goal, that is not within their power. That an official had the gall to stand up on national television and pretend that he made a call that he didn't make is a complete embarrassment. One that should come with a demand for explanation, and some accountability from the league.
There needs to be a statement on this (yes, I know the NHL already gave a flimsy one liner). It's not about a 'bad call', it's just a clear violation of the rules. At least it appears that way, so the NHL needs to clarify what went on with the fans. Of course the league rarely cares about legitimacy, so I doubt anything will be forthcoming.
I don't know if that puck was over the line. Neither does that ref. Neither do the other officials, which doesn't matter because they don't have a say. In fact, what I think happened is that the ref saw Eller hit the puck towards the net, then Rinne blocked his view before he could see where the puck went. Now here's the kicker. I believe the ref made the split second decision and reacted to Eller's celebration, though he didn't actually see the puck cross the line (he couldn't have - or if he did see it under Rinne he wouldn't need to review it). So he was embarrassed that he made the call based on Eller's reaction, so he came up with that lame, and I'm quite sure also, illegal, excuse about the 4 officials not seeing it cross the line. "Um, excuse me, but you called it a goal already."
I was expecting to see the outrage all over TSN, but saw no mention of this at all. Weird.
Any disputed goal in Montreal will be overruled automatically by the leaf fans in the Toronto war room. I wouldn't bother arguing any of them it's a waste of time. TSN could care less if Montreal got screwed for the above reason and they are still mourning their leaf two game losing streak.
The Habs have called up Holland and Blunden for now to fill in for the missing. N31 probably knows better than me - if there is nobody on your AHL team worth bringing up to the big team I believe you can recall from the junior ranks on an emergency basis. Most of their good prospects are in the CHL. Why not try out, say, Hudon, McCarron, Bozon, Vail etc. for a few games on a rotating basis?
When Seth Jones does it, it's OMG HE'S A PHENOM! When PK did it, it was SIT DOWN SON! LEARN YOUR PLACE!
Also love this sudden realization that PK can kill penalties. Heard it on NHLN last night and with Fried-man today. Hello? Y'all been asleep since his rookie season or what? He killed penalties when Count Chokula was in charge! They were top 3 on the penalty kill in the league! Only MT and his ego crew decided to hold him back".
Whatever. I'm done with this stupid double standard shit. PK is a star. And came in like one...in the playoffs! And doesn't play for a shit dull boring team like the Perds.
The Jets, Columbus and Preds are not real NHL teams to me. Games against them should be considered like a hockey friendly. Nevertheless the Preds are hogging all our Pure Wool.
ReplyDeleteI still have questions for anyone who has seen Les Boys live.
. Is DDD as useless as we TV viewers think?
Is Danny Lite Beer ever going to ferment?
Is Diaz softer than the mattress at a burn unit?
Despite his awkward style is gCHuck a top NHL caliber skater?
And I think PFK now fully formed emerging from his Kentucky Chrysils gradutate to Kapt P
DeleteI am also down with Carnivol, but I heard another name on the fox broadcast for the greatest player ever to play hockey, Boone Generator. Generator we can hold in reserve and could shorten it to Jeanie, I dreamed of Jeanie, and know he is on the ice,
DeleteI am also with N31 bench Lite Beer and bring up Lebrow.
DeleteWhen I'm rushing on my run
DeleteWow, the FHF is in my blood
And the blood is in my head
When I put a puck into my vein
Then I tell you things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
Then the blood begins to flow, Irie
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
You can't help me not you guys
All you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a fucking walk
I am not comming down
will not take off my sailor suit and cap
Until the mighty habs
take the parade route back
-Lou Steve Reed
Oh what a perfect day. I'm glad I spent it with you.
DeleteDont hate me because I confused the preds with the panthers. Mike Hunt is no Brandon Prust.
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesom book, isn't it moe? They were so good in the late seventies they were bored. Can you imagine? I took it all for granted back then. *sob*
ReplyDeleteYou know it Moey, both of Dryden's books (also 'Home Game) are quintessential Canadian hockey fan must reads. Luckily, I had both signed by Ken and not one of those quick ten seconds and goodbye deals. Ken took the time (November 83or84?) to chat for a minute or two. The line-up was long at the Ottawa bookstore. Bonus, it was my birthday. Told him the origin of my name. He got a kick out of it. Great Hab. Great goalie. Great Canadian.
DeleteGood stuff moe, he was my favorite player back then. I LOVED him.
DeleteFor me Ken Dryden was the greatest goalie ever and is my all time Canadien idol. The Game was a book I read years ago but is still the best hockey book I have ever read. Thanks Moemsn for the link to this new edition. I will have to get it sent over for Christmas. A small part of me died when he worked in Toronto but I forgave him long ago..we have all made mistakes...he remains my all time favourite Hab and I know that we have not seen the last of him in the Montreal organisation...
Deletewhat they said, should have been the PM not Harper, stupid Liberals
DeleteR.I.P. Bum Phillips.
ReplyDeleteSave yourselves. Do NOT tune into the HNIC pregame. I've got the over/under of the 22 minutes of airtime set at 9 minutes dedicated to the mediot fabricated 'controversial' icing goal from the other night. I expect between 60 and 90 seconds dedicated to the Habs, possibly even giving Carey Price some props. Just like MT2.0 they will focus on PK's 'mistake' leading to the third goal rather than the rest of his amazing playmaking skills.
ReplyDeleteCassie must have done her hair streaks herself. What a mess.
ReplyDeletemeow
DeleteAnd Eliotte needs fashion advice, checked shirt and striped tie hurts my eyes. Meow meow meow. *hisses*
ReplyDeletepjstuck looks like the great pumpkin. Butt ugly shirt and tie.
DeleteWhich is why I picked a pic of the classily, fashionably dressed PFK.
DeleteSo far no mention of the leafs being cheated of a sure victory by incompetent officials. It was mentioned that they lead the league in giveaways.....the Hawks must be licking their chops.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that the Hawks win one for true Canadian hockey fans.
DeleteI hope the Hawks destroy them.
DeleteYeah, free steak knives with every ticket purchased so the leaf fan can stab themselves when the wheels fall off in January.
DeleteBonsoir fellow and feline FHFers.
ReplyDeleteMissed some of the hnicockroach show but two things, the Montreal Canadiens has NEVER been known as the big C (nice try mclame). Also, pjstuck's neck keeps spewing out some seriously ugly shit.
Read somewhere that Vodkov's early stats are better than media doll Shea Weber.
ReplyDelete"Montreal is sneaky that they are 5 and 2"
ReplyDelete- Ron MacLean
Fuck you Ron
mclame, Provence is in France, Québec is a Province, smartass.
ReplyDelete... sound of remotes switching to RDS.
ReplyDeletePJ on HNIC!!!!
ReplyDelete(the good PJ, not the bad Stock version)
Nice.
DeleteAn old vice of mine is back.
ReplyDeleteCaramel popcorn.
I see that dirty fucker Eric Gryba took out Taylor Hall today with a knee on knee. Sens fans should be ashamed that prick is on their team.
ReplyDeleteDinner?
ReplyDeleteJust baked some simple baguette from scratch (flour, salt, sugar, warm water, instant yeast, a touch of honey) which I am having with canned soup. irony. Sleeman Rousse for beverage.
Nicely done.
DeleteScalloped sweet potatoes with a layer of curried ham and a nice sauvignon blanc. Caramel popcorn for dessert.
http://matetic.com/en/vino/corralillo-sauvignon-blanc-2012-en/
Moey, take note, this is a 9/10.
Ooh, nice! Homemade chicken Enchiladas with Mr. M supplying the whine (because he has to watch hickey).
DeleteHockey. Thanks for the tip moe!
Deletewatching Pat Hickey for 2.5 hours would make me whine
DeleteThe baguette came out amazing. Egg wash made a wonderful crust
DeleteThat "curried ham" layer sounds amazing moe
Id've used leftover turkey but my son won't let me touch 'his' turkey.
DeleteWhilst here and because I forgot to mention it earlier in the week, Get Well to the spectacular Anthony Calvillo.
ReplyDeleteoh god not bob cold
ReplyDelete/switches to RDS
FWIW, I had a huge week of 'study week' conferences which ended late this afternoon with wine and cheese with the University President Allan Rock (a big Dryden fan).
ReplyDeleteDumpass rule.
ReplyDeleteLoving Bournival btw. He was great Thursday live at the game. Did I miss his nickname?
ReplyDeleteCarnaval (for now).
DeleteAnyone have a decent iPad feed I could nick? Justin is disappointing tonight
DeleteSorry K, don't do feeds/streams.
Delete@kmaxx
Deletethis one is usally gold
http://atdhe.xxx/
Cheap dumbs goal.
ReplyDeletecrap
ReplyDeleteBoo.
ReplyDeleteGlad TFS™ is OK on that net crash.
ReplyDelete14-3 shots against? i hear that right?
ReplyDeleteYup: http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2013020113
DeleteHas gaustad ever hit a big player?
ReplyDeleteNo. That's why he was pissing his pants when Tinordi came up to say hi.
Deletekeeping the black man down again
ReplyDeleteReferees: Rob Martell, Chris Rooney
DeleteLinesmen: Michel Cormier, Andy McElman
As in the ref embezzled that penalty on PFK.
ReplyDeleteEmbezzlement. Freudian slip much?
ReplyDeleteRef looked excited when he made the biased call. Fucker.
DeleteHabs media guide (Francais): http://swisshabs.blogspot.ca/2013/10/guide-media-201314-du-canadien.html
ReplyDelete1-0 CHI
ReplyDeleteHope the boys put a little more effort into this in the next two periods. This game is there for the taking.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the CBC's live stream of the game, don't know if it's keeping up with cable feed.
ReplyDeleteEMBEZZLEMENT!
ReplyDeleteNo call on the blatant interference hit on Briere by the way. They called it "accidental contact".
Accidental MY ASS.
KidG!!!
ReplyDelete2-1 CHI
ReplyDeletejust tuning in, looks like I missed a good goal
ReplyDeleteThat little Gallagher has got some serious testosterone. Too bad he couldn't pass some of that on to DDD.
ReplyDeleteI was waiting for the ref to find some reason to call the goal off.
ReplyDeleteNatives already restless over the embezzlement CHarges.
DeleteNo streams appear to be working. The nhl game day one does but only for 2 minutes, then they want 79 bucks to continue...so fuck that bullshit. Maybe it's the iPad limiting my access - I don't know but whatever the reason I'm too fucked off and somewhat pissed o care knight. I I'll check out the highlights in the morning.
ReplyDeleteGo Habs go!! Go Habs Go!!!
Don't the sick fucks at cbchnic have a stream?
Deletehttp://habsonlinetv.blogspot.ca/
Deletehttp://atdee.net/68063/watch-nashville-vs-montreal-fr
http://atdhe.me/hockey/live-24e45-montreal-canadiens-nashville-predators
http://atdhe.xxx/hockey/watch-montreal-canadiens-nashville-predators-48175
All working for me but I am watching CBC which is better than the rest
CBC geoblocked I think
Deletehttp://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockeynightincanada/video/live/#id=2379904159
Even with http://www.hotspotshield.com/ ?
DeleteBriere gone? Maybe Lebrow will get a shot.
ReplyDeletegCHuck misses another gold plated chance, oh well at least he is doing evething but score
ReplyDelete3-1 CHI
ReplyDeletecockroaches say 'bolland has yet to make his mark'.
DeleteOkay lets give Seth two minutes for playing while black
ReplyDeleteNice CHarger hit.
ReplyDeleteThat's two periods down.
ReplyDeleteIn the immortal words of 29: HANG ON BOYS!!
both sides seem to not realize there is a game going on. I have seen more intensity from the Mexicant
DeleteHis words may be immortal but the man's ovenmitts prove 29 is bread-bakingly corporeal.
DeleteHow long before PJ depends dumps on PFK?
ReplyDeletepjstuck is a chickenshit cockroach and should choke on his oversized tie knots.
DeleteLes Zexperts; 'should NJ trade Brodeur?' Almost as fucking stupid as the cockroach channel's panel.
ReplyDeleteWhilst here (where else would I be?), methinks 29 got the bread making bug from yesterday's SF.
ReplyDeleteAlthough across the lake, it would be fun to see how much cbchnicockroaches spent on flying/ferrying their entire fucking road crew to Chicago for a 'Canadian' Saturday night game.
ReplyDeleteLEGO!
ReplyDeleteHold on.
DeleteLego I think, CBC cant say yet, dumbos
ReplyDeleteGkid!
ReplyDeletejudges in Toronto expect a kangaroo
ReplyDeletefuck you ref
DeleteI mean LEGO!
ReplyDeleteMT2 needs to get his anger on (the refs).
ReplyDeleteWait, the ref called it a goal! How can they say the 4 officials said it didn't cross the line?
ReplyDeleteEmbezzlement.
DeleteHow about we move the "War Room" to Montreal, or at least somewhere a bit more objective. And staff it with at least some people not from Ontario.
ReplyDeleteHeh. HHOF is in a Bank of Montreal at the CotU. Sadly hogtown's stink is bigger than any city in Canada so they get to keep the war room, which is unsurprisingly stocked with lots of ex-leaf.
DeleteBrilliant commentating, "Preds are defending the lead". Hello?
ReplyDeleteBraindead cockroaches are watching the CHI game.
DeleteI heard that as well WTF
DeleteBut seriously, that called off goal just doesn't make sense. The ref called it a goal. Toronto has to definitively see that it didn't cross the line, but they say they couldn't. So suddenly all 4 officials say it didn't cross the line? That sort of revisionist history would make Soviet Russia blush.
ReplyDeleteSorry, this won't make me popular (as if I am) but even in the slowest mo on my awesome TV you couldn't see it cross the line. They made the right call.
DeleteU R
Deletethe rule is if the video is not definitive the on ice call is a goal, we was robbed
DeleteMr. M has retired for the evening. Apparantly three days in Vegas can do that to you. Meh.
ReplyDeleteHangover?
DeleteNah, just old.
Deletea pee pee PP
ReplyDeleteThe Habs look completely disinterested in scoring.
ReplyDeleteC'mon boys!
ReplyDeleteCASH IT FFS!!!
ReplyDeleteShould have kept Brolieu up. This second pairing is vomit.
DeleteWeber just did to Eller what PK would have been called "interference" on. Because he was a few games ago.
ReplyDeleteWeber is ignored.
Ca$h it boys
ReplyDeleteBlech!
ReplyDeleteI have the Nashville feed (?!) and they just had a truck commercial about building a whole baseball field in your backyard. We are the 1%!
ReplyDeleteHave they even had a SOG in the last 3 PPs?
ReplyDeleteOuCH.
ReplyDeleteYou got to be fucking kidding me.
ReplyDeleteKack.
ReplyDeletemy stream just died, just as well, we did not deserve to win this one
ReplyDeletesaw that coming.
ReplyDeletemike richards will not like that celebration.
ReplyDeleteJesus CHrist.
ReplyDeleteThat was all on Moen. He sat there drooling on the puck by the boards instead of getting it out and gets deked out of his jock along with the rest of the group out there.
ReplyDeleteThey ain't the '93 Habs. Good luck boys!
ReplyDeleteBy that I mean the six on four with an empty net is a BIG GAMBLE in the words of Bob Cole. Remember the finals in '93?
DeleteNashville has zero offence, both goals scored by their D. Played the ol' rope-a-dope to perfection. I swear Chokula is behind the Predators bench wearing a Barry Trotz disguise.
ReplyDeleteThat's twice Markov couldn't keep the goddamn puck in.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's all his fault.
Deletewe have been playing with the puck like its a hand grenade all night WTF
ReplyDeleteAnd stickhandling with telephone poles.
DeleteShoulda.
ReplyDeleteCoulda.
Didn't.
The O misses PatCHes.
Thx for hanging out FHFers. See ya next game.
ReplyDeleteOnly saw the 3rd, but it was pretty terrible. Looking at the stats, it was apparently their best period. So, I guess they just didn't deserve to win.
ReplyDeleteThis game was pretty predictable. Airtight defence, Rinne a wall and they shut down the Eller line, there was fuck all left to score for the Habs. PleXXX is out there by himself, DDD useless what do they want, BlanCHe's line to score? Oh well, they were due for a loss, thank fuck the cockroaches' faves lost as well. Thanks, Joel Q.
ReplyDeleteEller's line was the only line that did anything so I wouldn't exactly call them "shut down"...
DeleteAgree N31
Deletethey scored two goals, but did not get there usual quota of shots, Lego missed the net all night
DeleteTrue to a certain extent N31, but that trio was looking at Weber and Jones all night long. They were the only ones Trotz was worried about obviously.
DeleteHey, its a long season, you can't win'em all yada yada. Boy, I'll bet Stevie Y is kicking his own ass for taking Drouin over Seth Jones...what a stud that kid is.
now for some comic relief
ReplyDeletehttp://clotureclub.com/tea-party-insult-generator/
The west conference is a mystery. I had no idea Brent Burns was playing wing. Good looking power forward. I know a certain team that could use a player like that.
ReplyDeleteSan Jose is coming to the Bell Center next Saturday. Gulp. With half the team called up from Hamilton it could get ugly. Be ready Carey.
DeleteBoone noted yesterday that Beaulieu is probably on his way to Hamilton, I hope Desharnais is on the plane with him.
What I said only more words and some that make sense, from ETOP/
ReplyDeleteThe actual game however, was very close. In fact, if it weren't for four officials deciding to rewrite the rule book on the fly, the game would have at least gone to overtime, if not been a win for Montreal.
"HE HAD HIS GLOVE ON IT SO TECHNICALLY YOU CAN’T SEE IT INSIDE, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE IT OUTSIDE THE LINE, IT'S GOT TO BE INSIDE. IT’S LOGIC." -LARS ELLER
To open the third period, Lars Eller pounced on a loose puck and scooped it into the net under Pekka Rinne's glove. The referee behind the net immediately called it a goal, which means that in order for it not to count, there needs to be conclusive video evidence that the puck did not cross the line. After deciding to review the play with video, the official went to center ice, and claimed that the call on the ice was no goal.
Bad calls are made in the NHL all the time, and they go against every team. However as a friend of mine noted last night, this wasn't a bad call, it wasn't a judgement call, it was a clear and obvious breaking of NHL rules. Once the call on the ice is made that it's a goal, it must be overturned by video review in order to be called off. Officials further away from the net can not overrule another ref and call off a goal, that is not within their power. That an official had the gall to stand up on national television and pretend that he made a call that he didn't make is a complete embarrassment. One that should come with a demand for explanation, and some accountability from the league.
There needs to be a statement on this (yes, I know the NHL already gave a flimsy one liner). It's not about a 'bad call', it's just a clear violation of the rules. At least it appears that way, so the NHL needs to clarify what went on with the fans. Of course the league rarely cares about legitimacy, so I doubt anything will be forthcoming.
DeleteI don't know if that puck was over the line. Neither does that ref. Neither do the other officials, which doesn't matter because they don't have a say. In fact, what I think happened is that the ref saw Eller hit the puck towards the net, then Rinne blocked his view before he could see where the puck went. Now here's the kicker. I believe the ref made the split second decision and reacted to Eller's celebration, though he didn't actually see the puck cross the line (he couldn't have - or if he did see it under Rinne he wouldn't need to review it). So he was embarrassed that he made the call based on Eller's reaction, so he came up with that lame, and I'm quite sure also, illegal, excuse about the 4 officials not seeing it cross the line. "Um, excuse me, but you called it a goal already."
ReplyDeleteI was expecting to see the outrage all over TSN, but saw no mention of this at all. Weird.
Any disputed goal in Montreal will be overruled automatically by the leaf fans in the Toronto war room. I wouldn't bother arguing any of them it's a waste of time. TSN could care less if Montreal got screwed for the above reason and they are still mourning their leaf two game losing streak.
DeleteSwedish tourists flock to the Hammer to see local hero.
ReplyDeletePrusty NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ReplyDelete(out 4 weeks)
At this rate, KidG is the closest we have to a "power forward"
Do I hear a tank warming up in the background?
DeleteThe Habs have called up Holland and Blunden for now to fill in for the missing. N31 probably knows better than me - if there is nobody on your AHL team worth bringing up to the big team I believe you can recall from the junior ranks on an emergency basis. Most of their good prospects are in the CHL. Why not try out, say, Hudon, McCarron, Bozon, Vail etc. for a few games on a rotating basis?
ReplyDeleteNo hasty moves DGMB.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your games as a Hab Hamr.
ReplyDeleteSo let me get this straight...
ReplyDeleteWhen Seth Jones does it, it's OMG HE'S A PHENOM!
When PK did it, it was SIT DOWN SON! LEARN YOUR PLACE!
Also love this sudden realization that PK can kill penalties. Heard it on NHLN last night and with Fried-man today. Hello? Y'all been asleep since his rookie season or what? He killed penalties when Count Chokula was in charge! They were top 3 on the penalty kill in the league! Only MT and his ego crew decided to hold him back".
Whatever. I'm done with this stupid double standard shit. PK is a star. And came in like one...in the playoffs! And doesn't play for a shit dull boring team like the Perds.