The Official Neowin NHL Playoff Thread

[kainashi]

My question is...

When has the officiating in the NHL NOT sucked. :p

It's a trend lately, the ref's must be paid by the Whistle Blow. :p

They blow it once, they get 500 bucks. Twice, 1000... and so on.

I mean, you DON'T call too many men on the ice in the third period of a PLAYOFF game.

calling a penalty when someone is on a breakaway, like yesterday, ****es me off. the refs are stupid. :angry:

[BroChaos Veteran]

I mean, you DON'T call too many men on the ice in the third period of a PLAYOFF game.

hmm, i dunno bout that :p

there's one thing like calling a too many men penalty, it's cut and dry, there's either too many men or there isn't. it doesn't involve any judgement by the ref.

i could understand if it was a roughing, interference, or hooking/holding, where the ref needs to actually interpret what's going on.

[Cara Veteran]

Actually Bro, that is a very subjective penality.

All the opposing team has to do is shoot the puck into someone leaving the ice and they can whistle it, it's a well known 'Cheap Penality' practiced by many teams to get the man advantage. It's up to the Refs to see if a team is being slow at the change or if they are being setup by the other team.

[BroChaos Veteran]

hmm, i guess i've never seen a ref not call a too many men penalty, but then i guess that's not one of those things you'd easily notice.

[Cara Veteran]

Ya, it's one of those cheap penalities that are generatable by the other team and thus refs need to be more careful in calling them. :p

[youm0nt Veteran]

w00t devils won today,they lead the series 3-0.i hope they win on tuesday :D

[Steven]

Enough already about the officials, YOUR TEAMS LOST, DEAL WITH IT!

:rolleyes:

[Cara Veteran]

Now, now Stain. Complaining about the officials is part of the game. ;)

[Ji@nBing]

Now, now Stain. Complaining about the officials is part of the game. ;)

:yes: hehe, indeed. it's all part of the fun!! and when ur team plays bad, u have to have SMTH to blame it on. cuz it's never ur teams fault of course

[Cara Veteran]

Well, I wouldn't say that.

The Wings are playing like a vacuum cleaner, I'll leave it at that...

[gigapixels Veteran]

ooh, even she admits it... lol i'm just kidding.

well i lost my hockey game this morning... hopefully it's not foreshadowing on the next avs game... :blink:

[nims]

Outta No where.................GO CANUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cara Veteran]

If the Wings get beat, my only requirement is that the cup doesn't go to Colorado, Dallas, St. Louis, or the team which beat the Wings... ;) Thus, it will have to go to the East.

[gigapixels Veteran]

i'm still wondering where your deep hatred for the avs came from...

well the teams i'd be happy with winning it would be the avs (of course), the wings, or the devils. those are the ONLY teams i'd be happy with winning the cup...

[Hills420]

Did you just see that move from Dvorak in the Stars game to make it 3-2 Oilers??? Holy ****.

[CatnipOligarchy]

oops double post...sorry

[CatnipOligarchy]

Did you just see that move from Dvorak in the Stars game to make it 3-2 Oilers??? Holy ****.

that was an incredible move...to go along with an incredible game...the 4 minutes or so where the score went from 1-0 dallas to 3-2 edmonton were insane...thats what playoff hockey is about...i was almost pulling for dallas to tie it up so the game could keep going a little bit longer, but oh well...the other game today wasnt as good...boston is clearly overmatched...

Dallas In 5 :yes:

so much for that theory ;)

[Blodia]

yeah man that oilers game totally rocked. GO OILERS.

[Ji@nBing]

:punk: yep, the canadian teams are playing well now. if vancouver doesn't win the cup, then i don't care who does, as long as it is a canadian team

[xpablo]

Yes Edmonton did some good a** kicking on Dallas tonite, :yes:

[thuggers]

we'll leave the city up 3-1, take it at home in game 6.

[Cara Veteran]

Well, the night is here. :p

Can Detroit salvage some self respect? We shall see!

[CatnipOligarchy]

i dont think detroit will win their series...but if they do have any chance...they must win tonight...there is no coming back from down 3-0

[Troyboy]

Did you just see that move from Dvorak in the Stars game to make it 3-2 Oilers??? Holy ****.

Can I get a do-over for the third period. What the Hell? :blink:

And Yes the move Dvorak threw down was off the hook!! Props to him

I still hate the oil. :angry:

No wories though Stars will take the next 3 straight! :yes:

and as i said before

Stars vs. Devils for THE Cup

Stars in 6!

Oh and Incase any of you are concerned Turco will be fine. (Y) You watch! He is not another Turek

[BroChaos Veteran]

hehe, that move was tight. of course, i watched the first two periods, then i left and only caught the last 3 minutes of the third :(

i really hope the stars, devils, and wings don't win the cup. they need to share.