If you want an example of a very clear trip, you can find those, too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If I were to tweet like Tampa is tonight I&#39;d probably say something like:<br><br>did yall know a helmet falling off isn&#39;t allowed to stop an imminent scoring chance but a trip sure is? <a href="https://t.co/ZcSl6RrFAm">pic.twitter.com/ZcSl6RrFAm</a></p>&mdash; Nathan Rudolph (@Nathan__Rudolph) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nathan__Rudolph/status/1539881842404429824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There is zero chance that TMM will ever be reviewable. It's just too fuzzy of a rule. To make it more clear, you'd have to paint change cushion boxes on the ice, and you'd have guys "tagging up" dragging a foot coming out of it. It would be ridiculous.

As I said, they let a lot of shit go last night. Didn't seem to favor one team over another.

Looked like a decision to just let them play.

Yep, I remember that one and it's one of the few they actually replayed.

And as I mention, if Nichushkin comes off when Kadri comes on, there's zero issue, since Nichushkin is right there... and Nichushkin just ends up trailing Kadri with no one around him and no impact on the play.

If those two end up with a 2 on 1 or something, I could see the argument because then Kadri comes off early when Nichushkin should have changed.

Nichushkin getting off or MacKinnon a couple seconds later though... meh, that confusion doesn't really impact anything.

I used to be a huge advocate for replay and getting it right, but it's definitely obnoxious at times, like when they find someone was offsides by a quarter of an inch when play went on for 15 seconds.... or for like baseball when a tag is applied and they replay it to determine you could have slipped a sheet of paper between the player and the base, so he's out.


If they had too many men replayable, they would at least need a "touch up" box around the bench and say the player coming off has to be within that box... but of course you would still have replays to determine if the player's skate was on the line or whatever.

I grudgingly agree with getting offsides right, but the too many men thing would be pretty obnoxious, IMO.... outside of the Preds/Avalanche game earlier this season when the freakin Preds had too many men in OT and they called it against the Avalanche. LMAO

Ha, guess I should read first.

I do like Cooper a lot. He reminds me a lot of Bednar.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoBolts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoBolts</a> coach Jon Cooper backtracks on his gripe of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Avs</a>’ Game 4 OT goal <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StanleyCupFinal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StanleyCupFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/mIDRIWmzvO">pic.twitter.com/mIDRIWmzvO</a></p>&mdash; Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeChambers/status/1540009269097119751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm not sure this is really "backtracking," but it's clear that he understands that you sometimes win on those calls and you sometimes lose.

That's cool, he's always seemed so personable and laid back, and totally get the moment of weakness dealing with the media sometimes.


They asked Bednar last night what he though of Kuemper and "the noise of him possibly not starting game 4" :facepalm:

Media: Fabricates a goalie controversy and talks about it for two days
Also the media: Asks how well Kuemper handled all the noise they created.

Almost like it was a science experiment... do you think we should create more noise next time? Maybe throw in some "sources" who say it's not decided who's starting?

I'll admit that I was kind of hoping they'd give Frankie a shot last game, and I was REALLY not happy with the softie that Kuemper let in on the second goal. But give the guy credit, he was rock solid outside of that goal.

There's still a part of me who wishes that there would be a way to let Frankie play a period in this series just because he's been such a huge part of the run, but no way am I considering that unless we were up by like 5 in the third period (and I doubt Bednar would do it anyway).

I'm not sure I fully appreciated the impact that blocking a shit ton of shots can have over the course of the series. The Avs have pretty clearly just decided that Vasy is going to block almost everything throw at him and are just chucking it at the net every chance they have. The Bolts are doing a good job of getting in front of shots, but you can't block 20+ shots per game and not come out of it with some pretty significant bruises. That seems to be starting to wear on them.

Meanwhile, the Avs just got a goal from one of their injured guys, and they appear to be hopeful that Burky will be back next game. It's a war of attrition on both sides, no doubt, but it seems to be tilting in the Avs favor.

Kuemper really needs to work on his positioning and over-persuing the puck in the offseason... there's at least a time or two every game where he looks ridiculous.

TB had a wrap around chance (IIRC, not long after the softy) where he went too far and had a pad completely across the side of the net. And if the skater had hung onto it a second longer, it was an empty net on the other side, but he shot it right back into Kuemper (and I think an Avalanche was right there to rush the wrap around attempt).

And he does get hung out to dry by the defense here and there given their style of play, and he had a great regular season... but yeah, Hedman's goal just can't happen.

Same here. Glad he correctly mellowed out a little today, was starting to ruin my image of him after last night's post-game presser. I like the Bolts franchise and would hate to see them and their fans turn into sniveling whiners. The worse missed call of the night was Kadri blatantly getting tripped when he was in front of the net with the puck.

I also wonder if there was talk before OT about the defensive end, because they looked really great... TB had one butt puckering pass out of the corner, but a defender was right there, and one dangerous looking rebound that was taken care of quickly.

Every opponent shot has its own stress tied to it in OT of course, but it was mostly one and done and nothing crazy dangerous.

Reminded me of Frankie's shutout, they were really locked in (and of course TB was gassed).

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Nice, love the watch party scene and sort-of-celebration... I was going to poke around reddit later to see if there are other videos from the arena watch party, possibly recording prior to the goal to see the confusion of 18k people.

Cheapest ticket tomorrow night is $1300 and lower level is $2200.

A little disappointed seeing the Avalanche release tickets that are $2500-5000 in the lower level, even for singles... I'm sure you could make them non transferable or something... instead of choosing rape.

That place is gonna go ballistic tomorrow night. Beyond electric. Wish I still lived there. Thought about flying up, but decided to just watch it here.

I'd almost pay it if I could be guaranteed to watch them raise the cup. I'm nowhere rich enough to pay that kind of money to watch them lose though.

I've been thinking that I should make sure you know that they're in the finals. I'm glad you knew about it.

Hell, for the cost of a flight and spending a few days there, I'd almost do one of those huge watch parties near the arena and stick around for game 7 if needed.

I don't think I could spend $1200 on upper level seats though.... I'd have to splurge for the lower level seats, and holy shit. That's more expensive per ticket than I paid for a pair to game 7 of the World Series. And like 6 times AFCCG tickets.

The thing is hockey is one of those sports that is much better watched in person. So much going on the camera doesn't catch. I know that's the way it is with most sports but hockey loses so much more on tv than others.

Yeah, I love live hockey.. had season tickets to the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks D1 hockey for years and would go to more Yotes games if they were any good (still try to catch the Avalanche every year though).

Sat 12th row to the Avalanche/Blues game 5, this was MacKinnon's hat trick that would have perfectly ended the series if it weren't for those meddling kids.

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At the Tivoli watch party yesterday, we were wondering if we would toss our hats on the stage if someone got a hat trick. Alas, didn't figure out the answer.

Dang. Jealous.

The watch parties are definitely fun for what they are. The stadium is my preference just because it's tough to be loud outside, but the Tivoli is like a street fair with a shit ton of people there. We'll be headed to the latter again tomorrow.

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It was tough to shake the Chiefs/Bengals vibes after they were worked in the 3rd and lost in OT, but a perfect spot to sit just above the ice, and seeing those guys live is always great.

MacKinnon's hat trick goal is right up there with Mahomes' long touchdown run just before halftime against the Titans in the AFCCG... your best player forcing his will. And that place was rocking after that.

And with those insanely large scoreboards, you could definitely sit upper deck or just about anywhere and be good. It actually felt like I was sitting too close to it. LMAO

The corners and close to the glass get a little weird, but yeah, the screens are huge. I'm actually not sure why they haven't been opening the upper deck. Seems like they could give people some better views up there than in the corners.

BTW how crazy is it that it's been almost a month since that Blues game. It's crazy how long the playoffs are.

Oh, I didn't notice that in the video, but see that now to the right... yeah, that's strange.

Nice.

Also.. Were you wearing a cap, and did it make it to the ice? :D

Thanks, that's awesome.... it's like watching 10k people on their couch at the same time, haha.

Burakovsky a maybe, apparently, but still seems doubtful.

If Cirelli and Cernak can't go, that's going to hurt a bit.

Also giving the DNVR podcast a chance as I sit here in my Rob Blake jersey trying to get some work done....

They take some getting used to. It's definitely a younger group that doesn't care a ton about being "professional journalists." But overall, they know what they're talking about (especially AJ), and Rudo puts out a ton of good content in terms of post-game reviews that analyze every goal and such.

Overall, I like them, but they're a bit of an acquired taste.

It was pretty good... some homer moments of course, but did seem like AJ knew what he was talking about, as you said.

They went on about Kuemper's mask coming off to the point where I skipped some of that, but from what I listened to yesterday's and the one two days ago, it was good stuff.

Tivoli is a nuthouse. Reached capacity with 45 minutes to spare.

I bet, hope it's a great time! :toast:

We'll be fine. I'm drinking margaritas, so no way we lose.

Went with beer tonight, but who knows, maybe I'll switch to bourbon.

Good first period and they were turning it on towards the end. PP looked locked in and they play so quickly.

And who knows, maybe there will be power plays in the 2nd half of this game... :shrug:

Awkward for Vasy, good for the Avalanche.

Crazy sequence of events there.

Another stressful 3rd period. Frustrating game. Again with several great looks, but Avs just can't get a decent shot. MacKinnon's SOG earlier between the legs was just inches off, and a pretty amazing shot. Many others.

Here's to a kick ass 3rd period. Win or lose, it's been a fun game, and I'm still feeling pretty good considering the way they're playing.

Go Avs!

LOL this is freaking INSANE

Man, that was like 10 straight minutes of absolutely insane playoff hockey. Holy shit, what a game!

No other sport even approaches the intensity of NHL playoff hockey, and it's not even close imo. This is ridiculous. Keep forgetting to breathe.

Well, kind of what we expected despite it going 3 games to 1... that was an insane game.

We'll, at least we have two more chances.

Last one is always the hardest. Especially against an organization like TB. Those consecutive Cups aren't flukes. Said from the beginning this was going 7 and would be one for the ages.

Honestly don't really feel too bad about that one. They played very hard. Had quite a few chances they just missed by a few inches. Avs have 2 more games to just get a win. Something to do on Sunday.

Go Avs!

We ended up bailing on the watch party at the end of 2. It's on a college campus and on a Friday night. I'm pretty sure I was in the top 5% age wise. They hit capacity, but the crowd outside eventually tore the fence down to get in.

TIL I'm way too old for a bunch of drunk youths.
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Was a great game. Fantastic playoff hockey. You still got two more chances. Not bad odds.

Heh.... yeah there are still days I want to be in the middle of it, but then tonight I grabbed takeout from a favorite restaurant, had a couple favorite beers in the fridge, and finished the 3rd period with some Colorado bourbon.

And then quickly closed the Avalanche sub on reddit as soon as I saw posts about how the NHL is fixed and it's all bullshit. LMAO :doh!:

The Avs fan in me obviously wanted a win tonight. The hockey fan in me would be lying if I said I wouldn't mind two more games just like that except for the winning team in game 7, as long as I don't stroke out.

That was crazy good. You just don't get extended periods of insane intensity like that in any other sport. MLB and NFL plays might last 10 seconds max, NBA maybe 10 seconds of intensity every 3rd game. There were several 2 or 3 minute stretches of complete insanity tonight.

I haven't paid much attention. The penalty to Compher looked pretty weak, but other than that was anything really iffy? Seemed pretty clean to me.

LMAO

Yeah, I've seen questions like "if you could guarantee an Avalanche win, do you want them to win tonight or game 7", and I actually saw a lot of people saying they prefer tonight (maybe they had tickets) and maybe they think doing it in 5 validates the Avalanche more than if they do it at all... :shrug:

In that case, I'll pick more hockey every time. Going 7 would feel a little annoying after being up 3-1, but that's just the razor fine line of hockey if it does go that way, just like going up 3-1 in the first place.

No complaints besides the general inconsistency between games and periods... thought all of the calls against the Avalanche were fine and don't remember any blatant misses besides a boarding that could have gone against the Avalanche.

Saw this post on reddit, I didn't notice how blatant these slashes were at the time.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cale Makar not a fan of the officials tonight 🤬<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBLvsCOL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TBLvsCOL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StanleyCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StanleyCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/fv3q4xQUNO">pic.twitter.com/fv3q4xQUNO</a></p>&mdash; Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) <a href="https://twitter.com/timandfriends/status/1540514922752352258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And the Tivoli watch party tonight has been cancelled. This is why we can't have nice things.

I saw that... and they were hinting at drunk people and tearing down the fence, but officially saying it was due to a bunch of other stuff happening downtown (yet they'll still have an arena full of people heading into and leaving).

They haven't played with a lead since it was 1-0 in game 3... would love to see them get up early tonight.

Yep. Tampa is a completely different team with the lead.

Yeah, and the refs have swallowed their whistles by the halfway mark of the past couple games.... get those early PPs while you can by trying to blow by them.

As cliche as it is (and Chelios doubled up saying both teams have to get off to good starts), it would just make me feel better, ha.

So what’s the consensus in here? Does it end tonight?

Do the Bolts even have a power play they run?

2:45 left in game 5 down by 1 ....too many men.

20 seconds into game 6.... one of the dumbest and most pointless interferences you'll ever see.


JFC, clean up this bullshit.

That Stamkos/MacKinnon hit was something else... MacKinnon's a big dude to lay out like that. :eek:

Avs in 5
Avs in 6

Bolts in 7. Book it. 3 straight!

LET'S ****ING GO!

Game on!

Whoooo! That's what they needed. Now don't let up!

Stamkos doing his best Tom Brady apparently

I can't really hear the audio where I'm watching. Can someone explain what the discussion/controversy was about after the goal? I couldn't tell. Thanks.

Paul touched the puck right as the penalty was being called... they hadn't actually called it yet, but basically TB thought they had possession while the penalty took place and they should have blown it dead.

TB thought their guy touched the puck after the penalty had occurred which should have stopped the play before the goal took place.

Ahh. Thanks guys.