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I'm sorry to all the left leaning folks on this board...but I'm sick and ******* tired of the pussification of this game. NBC can just go and fail as a TV network. Let's start showing hockey on A&E, at least they show folks shooting guns, fighting alligators and beavers and peeling the skin off of small furry creatures. Or better yet...the History Channel...they have a show that is 100% sword and axe fighting Scandinavians.

Your telling me you wouldnt punch Perry in the head in a lost game? Howard was the only one who showed up tonight. He earned the right to punch that little prick.

I feel like this needs to be posted. Edit: Way to be an Ass Band, Red Wings. Way to be an Ass Band...

Call me a sucker, but I have never turned off a Wings game until the final buzzer unless I had to. I like to suffer for my team.

Since this game is over, can Ericsson and Smith engage Perry and Getzlaf now? Maybe even Selanne if the wussy is up for it.

now we know how damn good dekeyser was

Exactly - and its been like this since the new rules came in. On the whole I agree with them, but punishment seems entirely dependent on whether anyone is hurt or not, rather than the nature of the hit. Knee on knee but no-one is hurt - no problem, accidental high stick causes a nick 4 mins. etc....but then I lost faith in this league seeing the officiating and suspensions or lack of them in 2009. And years of seeing goals chalked off for goaltender interference when Holmstrom got crosschecked face-first into the goal. The choice of what can and cannot be reviewed is either incompetence or corruption, plain and simple. It was a penalty and I can see the argument for tossing him, but officiating in the NHL is so inconsistent, so poorly set up with its review system and so open to bias and interpretation that I'm fed up of seeing games decided by people other than the players. It makes one over-sensitive to situations like this where the officials may have had a point. Plus NBC can blow me, because their intermission disgusted martyrdom is nothing to do with serious sports coverage or journalism. But it has to be said, the majority of coverage of NHL games has a level of bias, unsubstantiatable opinion and pointless sensationalism and hero worship that makes it very difficult to watch at times. I am disappointed with football coverage in the UK, but at least that is just inane. NHL coverage is often just embarrassing

Since you all asked so nicely, I will volunteer to punch Perry in his ridiculous face.

Not my work, but I thought it was funny and that it would be enjoyed here.

I don't know about you guys but that Abby call got me so mad. If that isn't a hockey play I don't know what is anymore.

You can't see him, he's on the point playing the ass trumpet...

The one goal from Brunner's defensive lapse was a snap decision to attempt to poke check it away. The shortside goal might have been stopped sure. The first goal on the PK when the defense failed to clean up the mess and it got popped up top shelf was absolutely no way Howards fault. The cross crease pass and the snap one timer will go in 99% of the time against any goalie regardless of who it is, that goal is not Howards fault. So maybe we lose 2-0 instead of 4-0. WE STILL LOSE. Sounds like an offensive problem to me. "Nuff said."

Feel bad for the folks on the board that payed to go see this one>.>

he wasn't too hurt to look up while lying on the ice to see if there was a call that was going to be made, no call yet, I'll stay on the ice.

Its not the right call. The head has to be the principle point of contact. The principle point of contact was his body and then his head which = good hit. Also they called it charging. Look at he replay. Abby stops his stride well before making contact. The call was a joke. The ref was 5 feet away looking right at it and made no call. The ref at center ice made the call.

Ask and ye shall receive... Made one for you in photoshop real quick..

Like I said, we are a fragile team and we needed all our pieces and everyone of them to be playing at close to their best to have a chance of doing much in the playoffs. Now we lose Dekeyser, and honestly Lashoff wasn't awful until the 3rd when the team was deflated. But still, Dekeyser brought a great calming effect on our defense, nice outlet passes and just a confidence that almost no other of our d-men has. Also I don't have a clue why Babcock felt the need to mess with our 4th line by throwin Bert/Sammy on there. It was a complete non-factor the last 2 games. If Abdelkader is suspended I expect Bert to play instead of him on the top line, but we need Tootoo back on the 4th. Howard had his best game of the series and still allowed 4. Not blaming him whatsoever for tonight, but we're gonna need him to be unreal going forward.. I absolutely have hope, but realistically.. we shouldn't be able to win. Next year I look forward to this team with Dekeyser and Darren Helm on it.

I miss Sheldon Souray. We needed him tonight and he was scratched. Boohoo. LOL. How true.

Not gonna judge you at all. I never give up hope, but I tuned out and watched the rest of the Griffins the moment Abby was tossed. Had nothing to do with losing the game, as it was 0-0 when I tuned out. I just can't stomach refs influencing games like that. They need to give another look to coach challenges or something because it is getting foolish seeing guys get tossed out of games due to the injury rather than the hit itself.

Babcock should get coach of the year because it amazing how this team won more games than Florida

Yeah, they also have shows postulating that the dinosaurs might have gone extinct because of aliens shooting lazers at them from their spaceships...

No one has their homer glasses on. They just see it differently than YOU do.

Well good news folks. Griffins move on to the next round winning tonight 7-0 Tatar with 3 points, 2 goals.

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