**** Official 2021-2022 NHL Thread ****

[Bearcat]

[Shiver Me Timbers]

Some of the worst Ice ever. Hockey in Florida in the summer.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I was at the Ball Sack watch party. Can confirm none of us realized it was in.

Kadri!!

I thought it went wide, because I saw the puck get past Vasy and then just.... disappear. Then the reaction of everyone was so confusing, acting like Vasy had it.

Such a strange reaction to such a huge goal...... oh, celebrate!

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I thought it went wide, because I saw the puck get past Vasy and then just.... disappear. Then the reaction of everyone was so confusing, acting like Vasy had it.

Such a strange reaction to such a huge goal...... oh, celebrate!

Yeah, reminds me of Patrick Kane's Cup clinching goal in 2010.

[neech]

Originally Posted by Shiver Me Timbers

Avs in 5

Yeah, just get the inevitable over with.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by JudasRising20

Yeah, reminds me of Patrick Kane's Cup clinching goal in 2010.

Yep, remember that one well.

[Bearcat]

Byram knew all along... on those long shots from behind the net, noticed he celebrated right away just inside the blue line, then he was the first one in to tell everyone.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Cleaning up shit today. Remember the hockey night the Planet went to? We’re they giving these out at the door? Can’t believe I’d paid money for it. No idea how it made the trip to Florida 12 years ago.

I remember meeting you at a Mavericks game, don't remember a giveaway (thinking it would be weird to give away a retro Blades stick, but it's possible).

That brand of hockey was terrible... if someone likes hockey fights, it's the place to go. The talent on the ice was so bad though.

[KC_Connection]

Lightning coach is whining about too many men on the winning goal.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Lightning coach is whining about too many men on the winning goal.

If that's it, he technically has a point by the strictest interpretation of the rules, but not in a million years would they call that. There's always a cushion near the bench.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DaFace

If that's it, he technically has a point by the strictest interpretation of the rules, but not in a million years would they call that. There's always a cushion near the bench.

That's it, the Canadian media is talking about it on TV right now.

Technically it was too many men, but the guy on the bench had no real impact on the goal at all and Colorado was dominating the play for a long time before that. Not bothered by it at all.

[Bearcat]

I see his point... in the 2nd video at 5 seconds, Kadri leaves the bench thinking Nichushkin is coming off, but they both skate away and then MacKinnon goes to the bench.

Had Nichushkin come off, there's no issue at all, but of course being the eventual goal scorer coming off early, there's going to be drama.

He probably would have been livid had they called that against TB if the roles were reversed... would have been kind of silly considering they were letting both sides get away with assault though the 3rd period.

Here’s the video from @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/rqwMmIJcZD

— Ben Ross (@BenRossTweets) June 23, 2022

This is the most damming footage I’ve seen yet.

As Nazem Kadri (the winning goal scorer) gets on the ice it takes MacKinnon over 5 seconds to get back to the bench and he’s clearly much further than 5 feet away. pic.twitter.com/9ede4C6ZCU

— Kailey Mizelle (@KaileyMizelle) June 23, 2022

And one of the articles mentioned this from last season's Finals, hehe...

Lightning had too many men on go-ahead goal. Barry Trotz after seeing replay: "Seven f**king guys. There's seven guys on the ice. On the f**king goal. It's right there." pic.twitter.com/CsLyoNq9c6

— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) June 16, 2021

[mlyonsd]

That's gotta be one of the hardest rules to enforce.

[DaFace]

Sure, he's got a point. But without going back and watching it again, they decided not to call at least two boardings, a trip, and a slash in the third period alone (a couple on each side). It was pretty clear that they decided to let the game be decided on the ice.

And plus, line changes are always a judgement call at some level. There's a reason they're not reviewable.

[Bearcat]

I didn't go back and watch them, but in real time both boardings looked pretty blatant. The non-call that would have been an Avalanche PP happened first, so when Avalanche player boarded TB guy on the other end of the ice a couple minutes later, I was immediately yelling at my TV.... YOU DIDN'T CALL THE OTHER ONE!

Glad they accepting my logic.


Landeskog's play against Hedman was strange... it's like he crosschecked Hedman in the thigh, which along the near boards looked like a trip, but thought they basically got it right.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

That's it, the Canadian media is talking about it on TV right now.

Technically it was too many men, but the guy on the bench had no real impact on the goal at all and Colorado was dominating the play for a long time before that. Not bothered by it at all.

Again, to preface my comments, I don't know the minutia of hockey.

I understand fudging the distance by the players getting off and on the ice but..... its the finals, the player definitely came out early, a winning goal was scored and probably won the series. Something that decides a championship game should be reviewable.

They did let a lot of things go in that game.