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Granted there have been bad calls in bigger games. OSU vs. Miami 4th down pass interference in college football. Brett Hull stealing Hasek's cup a few years back. But the call from last night in inexplicable. I understand when there isn't conclusive video proof. I understand when the puck slowly trickles in and the ref blows the whistle because the puck appeared coverd. The shot didn't "trickle" over the goal line. There was nothing obstructing the view. The puck was shot and it went in the net. There was no point between when he shot it and when it went in the goal that would have You can say you lost sight of the puck and meant to blow the whistle but there was no time in which the puck was not visible and not in the net. Watching the video there is absolutely no possible way to say that it wasn't a goal. There is no technicality that makes it a goal in everything but the scoresheet. It's mind boggling. Shot. Goal. It's the simpliest call I've ever seen go to video replay. And they get it wrong! The only way he could have meant to blow the whistle would be to say that he meant to blow the whistle before the shot was taken. Which makes no sense. In the long run it won't matter but still

Sorry, I'm not a Buckeye fan and I absolutely HATE Miami. But that call was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. There was NO pass interference at any point in the play (especially nothing that a still poster could show) and the ref threw the flag. Go watch the replay again. The OSU receiver can bring both hands freely up to the ball, there is no body contact and he just doesn't make the catch. There isn't any contact until the ball hits him in the hands and the ref takes about 10 seconds to throw the latest flag I have ever seen in any football game ever. Maybe he had intent to throw the flag. Worst call I've ever seen in such a critical juncture.

But where in the rules does it say that it isn't a goal? Was it determined to be non-reviewable? I read the article on NHL.com and I saw mention of "Intent to Blow the Whistle" but that doesn't make sense given the video evidence. He lost sight of the puck because it was in the net. That's where it went. Unless he lost sight of it before May shot it.

So close and yet so far. Win it tonight, Wings! I will go insane if I have to wait for Game 7 and have to play another elimination game.

Game won't start til 8:15. And my computer apparently can't wait either because the thread title is too long.

There was a lot of talk about Datsyuk's return and the difference that made to the team. However, I never read anywhere in the media the simple truth. "Anytime a team gets a player who lead the team with 97 points, was among the league leaders in +/-, and is nominated for ANOTHER Selke award, the team is going to get better." Or "Datsyuk, like Ovechkin and Malkin, is up for League MVP. Why wouldn't you expect one of the three MVP candidates to make a difference/contribute?" No one in the media seemed able to wrap their minds around such a simple concept. Either that or they judged it too obvious to say which is one of the problems with the NHL today. Just call it like it is. "Cheap shots" =/= "leadership." Babcock is the only person I saw who even came close stating that Datsyuk is to the Red Wings what Crosby/Malkin is to Pittsburgh, where would the series if you took one of them away? There's no craziness here and no disrespect to Pittsburgh but when a team capable of winning in the Stanley Cup Finals without their best player gets their best player back, what else would you expect to happen? It's simply really.

It isn't that the Red Wings aren't good without Pavel Datsyuk. It's that they are better with him.

This discussion doesn't even to involve Pittsburgh. Regardless of their opponent, Datstyuk contributes significantly to the Red Wings in more ways than just the scoreboard, and having him on the ice is a huge benefit.

Good read, and he kinda hints at it.

I don't think it's a disservice to the Pens to say that Datsyuk is one of, if not the best player on the Red Wings. Any team is going to be better with their best players healthy than without. It's also not the Penguins fault that Datsyuk was injured (although I disrespect Talbot for trying). I'm sure any Pens fan would rather beat the Red Wings healthy than beat an injured team.

But even after the game, no one would say it.

Here are the projected lines for Pittsburgh for Game 4 Malkin-Crosby-Talbot-Guerin Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin-Cooke Fedotenko-Malkin-Talbot-Satan Dupuis-Staal-Kennedy-Adams Orpik-Gonchar Eaton-Letang Gill-Scuderi Apparently, Bylsma is taking advantage of the new rules changes.

Well the calls/bounces are going both ways. I was just having a little fun.

Zetterberg is arguably the most complete players in today's game. I feel compelled to testify to The Legend of Z Z single handedly kills 5 on 3 penalties. Z is the league's first ever 3-way player as he added goaltending to his offensive and defensive prowess saving at least 2 goals in the first two games. Z shoots so hard that half of the time the goalie vacates the net to avoid injury/death. Z has never been challenged to a fight because oppossing players fear his sheer awesomeness unconstrained by a helmet will melt their faces like the Nazi's in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Malkin had to team up with SATAN himself just to keep from being wiped from existence. Z is so in-tune with the ice/rink he controls the bounces and the boards. Remember; it wasn't luck, Z did it. Z finds single games/scoring goals almost beneath him, instead facing off against Gary Bettman via a proxy battle of Datsyuk vs. Crosby. Z's champion was taken from him by the vile Bettman so Z has negated Crosby from the game. Z's sheer awesomeness can't be contained with in a single human body, often leading to back problems. To alleviate this, Z often wills his overflowing brilliance to Datsyuk, Helm, or more recently, Abdelkader Z changed Crysob's last name to Crosby because he didn't want it to be TOO obvious. Have you seen Emma Andersson? Z goes by the psuedonym "Ken Holland" when he isn't playing Feel free to testify my brothers.

Great work! Love it. Hard to tell anything changed.

That's pretty funny. Worst $2 I Ever Spent: BewareThePenguin's mom. I didn't even know you could have that many STDs.

Can some one make one of Crosby with the jersey letters rearranged to say CRYSOB or SOBCRY? It's all the same letters.

Z's fight with Malkin was one of pity. Malkin will almost single handledly win game 3 as he has been touched by Z's bare skin and his skills will be increased ten-fold. I predict 7 or 8 goals, second only to Z's 14, plus 1 by a Red Wing who hasn't officially had their rookie year yet. Testify!

Z slept with BewareThePenguin's mom because he pitied her for having BewareThePenguin for a child. She remains a Red Wings fan to this day. Testify!

I personally like the fight described as "Malkin teams with Satan to try to injure Zetterberg" And I like how the league changes the rules to make sure Pittsburg MVP candidate (Malkin) can play but schedules back-to-back games a week early rather than let Detroit's MVP candidate (Datsyuk) get healthy. They jump through hoops to make sure their best player can play and to make sure our best player can't.

Take every playoff goalie and create a ratio of the ammount they are paid compared to any of their stats. I guarantee Osgood will win every category. Osgood isn't the best goalie but he is a lot better than we are paying him to be.

Lidstrom Score Goal Hold Opponent's Best Player Pointless Win Norris Trophy Zetterberg Kill 5 on 3 penalty Assist Score Empty Net Goal Datsyuk 5 or more takeaways Assist Funny post game comment Samuelsson Be Lazy Suck Score game winning goal Samuelsson (Alternate) Miss net 10 ft to the right Miss net 10 ft to the left Score game winning goal Cleary Score Goal #1 Score Goal #2 Fall down/Miss Opportunity for Goal #3 Osgood Let in easy/fluke goal Let in goal where you have absolutely no chance Stop everything else and win game Holmstrom Goal Called Off for Goalie Interference Fall down Make Datsyuk look bad

QFT

Hossa will have 2 goals in Game 4. He scored 2 in G4 against Columbus, 2 in G4 against the Ducks and no other goals.

I think I have to go with Franzen. He's been the most reliable player against the Ducks and seemingly the only player that could get one past Hiller at times.