As a Buffalo Sabres fan, I can sympathize with you.
(Praying the road upset bug doesn't bite my team.......)
(Praying the road upset bug doesn't bite my team.......)
2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs
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I don't want to sound like a cry-baby, but I saw Phoenix committing a penalty-a-minute in last night's game---holding, interference, slashing, hitting players not playing the puck---and nothing was being called...not even the high stick to Lindstrom's face (5-minute major since it drew blood) right at center ice. Regardless, the Wings didn't play well and Phoenix managed to take what the refs were allowing them to get away with.
Anyway, Pittsburgh and San Jose also ran into trouble last night. This years 1st round is shaping up to be an interesting one indeed.
Eh, calls tend to even out in the long run. Nobody ever remembers the calls/ non-calls that went in FAVOR of their team.
It's not like the zebras have a vendetta against the Wings or any other team for that matter. I fear for the Yankees and Red Sox, though, the next time Joe West is behind the plate for one of their games!
Sandra
I agree..but many of them were downright obvious...and the refs must have been asleep not to have seen Lindstrom take a stick to the chops at the middle of center ice. My biggest complaint (with all the games I have seen so far) is the rules appear to have changed drastically from the regular season. While I enjoy the added physical play, here is what I preduct will happen in these series: there will lots of cheap shots in games 2 and 3, and all of a sudden the NHL will flip-flop and start calling penalties for skating on a players shadow or giving dirty looks.Eh, calls tend to even out in the long run. Nobody ever remembers the calls/ non-calls that went in FAVOR of their team.
It's not like the zebras have a vendetta against the Wings or any other team for that matter. I fear for the Yankees and Red Sox, though, the next time Joe West is behind the plate for one of their games!
Sandra
Here is what I predict...the fans of the team that loses game two will complain about the refereeing. The fans of the winning team...not so much.
I'm not just talking about this series, I mean every game...in every sport!
Sandra
Coyote fans always pack the place for the Playoffs, they do thier White Out, it looks quite annoying actually.
If you looked around you saw plenty of red clad Wings fans.
I think 1/3 rd is WAY too much to expect.
It is quite interesting that you can have a player in plain sight get a stick to the face and be cut and bleeding and the refs look the other way and say nothing.Eh, calls tend to even out in the long run. Nobody ever remembers the calls/ non-calls that went in FAVOR of their team.
It's not like the zebras have a vendetta against the Wings or any other team for that matter. I fear for the Yankees and Red Sox, though, the next time Joe West is behind the plate for one of their games!
Sandra
Any other time that would result in at LEAST a double minor, the extra two for drawing blood, that has been standard for that penalty for many years, but NO CALL with the Wings trailing by a goal with what, about 8 to play in the third ?
Doan is impossible to deal with. If you take a peak at the replay on that last goal he clearly pushes Helm, nearly falls himself, and then throws his hands up in the air like " I didn't do anything wrong" gesture. It was on sportscenter tonight, my dvr helped.
That being said, Howard needs to stop that shot, clear line of sight and no deflection.
The only real issue I had with the refs in that game was the LIndstrom non-call, otherwise like a previous poster stated, the Wings were like 1-6 on the PP, while the coyotes tallied 3 PP goals.
That being said, Howard needs to stop that shot, clear line of sight and no deflection.
The only real issue I had with the refs in that game was the LIndstrom non-call, otherwise like a previous poster stated, the Wings were like 1-6 on the PP, while the coyotes tallied 3 PP goals.
Insteresting matchups tonight. I'm surprised the Canadiens are hanging with the Capitals 1-1 after the 1st period. Welcome to playoff hockey!!
Sabres hold on to win 2-1.
IMHO, that series will have such low-scoring games- both teams are strong on defense and keeping pucks out of the net.
IMHO, that series will have such low-scoring games- both teams are strong on defense and keeping pucks out of the net.
I'm probably late to the party here, but Congratulations Darren McCarty on getting a seat on the VS team.
That guy was good for Detroit, good to see some good fortune again going his way.
Yes, I have Directv, and no I don't watch a lot of hockey.
That guy was good for Detroit, good to see some good fortune again going his way.
Yes, I have Directv, and no I don't watch a lot of hockey.
Very surprising...I was expecting the Caps to steam-roll their way to the finals.
Same here, but the Caps go down in OT in game 1!
Buffalo is the only Eastern Conference team to win game 1 at home.............
My two cents on the Habs-Caps game:
Jaroslav Halak should be named all 3 Stars.
The way he almost singlehandedly kept the Caps from scoring and keeping the Habs in the game.... could this be shades of J.S. Giguere in 2003?
Jaroslav Halak should be named all 3 Stars.
The way he almost singlehandedly kept the Caps from scoring and keeping the Habs in the game.... could this be shades of J.S. Giguere in 2003?
