donfishmaster

I think Stanley Cup-frenzied Frogs would probably utterly destroy Frogtown = fewer Frogs and their primitive, unpleasant, dissolate language to listen to!

Um...just to clarify and update...you can change the second word of the last sentence from "might" to "did." HHHHAHHHHHHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH....snort...HAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHA Wow, it is funny when Pengos fans hurt!

I thought for sure they would have said Phoenix, since the arena is padlocked.

Yes, but those are two Canadian dimes which aren't worth quite as much...and you're making Kane mad......grrrrrrrr....

Micah, your precious interpretation of capitals intended for emphasis is delightful! Maybe,(and I know this is probably radical for you) go back to the YouTube links at the beginning of this thread (sorry my dear Micah, there go those silly capitals again!) and watch WHY (tee hee to you!) Hank "readjusted" his skate. A Fish had his stick horizontal and was shoving Hank with said stick. Hank was "readjusting" to maintain balance during this cross-check, as shown in every view visible to us (and presumably, the Toronto "war room".) Moving his feet to maintain balance and not crash into the net/boards probably doesn't count as "distinctly kicking", and undoubtedly the Fishies would simply have collapsed and flopped, pleading for the merciful gods above to call a cross-check/interference/roughing, etc., etc., penalty. So no MICAH, that "not kick" (sic) ...and the "Fails" continue!

Funny! One of your many "mistakes" is implying that this can't be a discussion forum and you can't be a troll at the same time...the two are not mutually exclusive.

Perhaps because this person is troll?

NHL Rule #49. "A puck that deflects into the net off an attacking player’s skate who does not use a distinct kicking motion is a legitimate goal. A puck that is directed into the net by an attacking player’s skate shall be a legitimate goal as long as no distinct kicking motion is evident." So, your fail...a puck CAN be legally deflected into the net, and NO mention of the INTENT of the player to redirect the puck into the net is made in this rule, nor is any mention of the need for the player's skate to be stationary at the time of the deflection. The only caveat is it can't be done using a "distinct kicking motion." As discussed above, momentum is NOT a "distinct kicking motion." fail! Fail! FAIL!

So you believe "intentional redirection of the puck", is essentially the same as "intentional kicking motion??!!??

Per your unique belief system, "THE PUCK CAN BE REDIRECTED IF AND ONLY IF THE PLAYER IS ABSOLUTELY STATIONARY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PIVOTING OF A SKATE ON THE ICE" and a "kick" can "ONLY OCCUR IF THE PUCK IS PROPELLED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE SKATE'S MOTION." Hank's skate was being propelled OUTSIDE the net...look at the replay. Was he trying to "propel" the puck outside the net? If so, the puck OBVIOUSLY wouldn't have gone IN the net (unless he was trying NOT to score!!!) The puck bounced at somewhere around a 70 degree angle off his skate (OK, it's hard to tell, but give-or-take thirty degrees." THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT "the foot...moving in the direction that the player (Hank) hopes the puck will go." Now you have introduced the third option, the foot IS moving and DOES redirect the puck. BUT THIS DOES NOT CONSITUTE A DIRECT KICKING MOTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If the rule was rewritten as you appear to think it's written that foot motion=kicking, then your're right...which is of course not the case. I think it's more than obvious Hank's momentum (body in motion tends to remain in motion) drove him (and his attached skate) past the net. Does simple momentum constitue a "distinct kicking motion?" Then we're back to the concept that any time the puck glances off of a MOVING skate and into the net it MUST be waived off! I don't believe that's the intent of the rule, though Buttman's thinking is probably as fuzzy as yours.

OK, HERE'S THE DEAL AND SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE (IT SHOULD IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION!!!!!! you can legally redirect the puck with you skate, correct? Now, unless you are stationary at center ice, you will be moving your skates all over the ice, and the blades will provide an infinite number of angles through which the puck can be redirected. Does that mean that you must remain standing in the center face-off circle and wait for the puck to redirect off your skate? No, that's ridiculous, of course. Therefore, you may obviously move your skates all over the ice and take advantage of any opportunity to redirect the puck into the net. THIS IMPLIES YOU WILL BE MOVING YOUR SKATE AT SOME POINT BEFORE THE PUCK GETS TO THE SKATE!!! If the puck is approaching you, and (presumably) your desire is to score goals, you will legally be allowed to move your skate into a position that both contacts the puck and effectively redirects it in the desired direction. THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A "DISTINCT KICKING MOTION". "DISTINCT KICKING MOTION" shouldn't need any explanation so as to differentiate it from legally moving your skate into a position to intercept and redirect the puck!!! (Unless you are a replay official with the potential opportunity to bone the Red Wings!)

I've watched all three games and was at the game last night...Homer's "PHANTOM" slash and the stupid disallowed goal occured right in front of me. The trouble is, last night (and the whole series) there's a dramtic differential in what gets called. Homer gets hacked and whacked last night...no calls. Howard does it, instant penalty. The teams are too evenly balanced for the Wings to overcome the bulls*** officiating, hence three 1-goal games. What appeared to me and my friends at the game is the Wings started to "back off" the puck in the corners and boards after the first period since any "HOCKEY" play going for the puck was whistled on the Wings and not on the Fish. That's just enough to give the Fish a slight edge, and in an essentially even series talent-wise enough to just barely lose. I don't know if they showed it on TV, but there was three unbelievably distinct "Fish Dives", one directly in front of us last night. The Fish have learned the can fall down and get a penalty, and falling down won't result in a dive call (for them.) The Wings don't have enough talent differential over the Fish to overcome this disparity, and that's the reason they're going to lose...it IS a done deal.

I think other teams' fans' "bad attitudes" is due to their universally diminutive genitalia :!:

That should tie Lids with Foreskin for career playoff points.

Detroit's ailing "escort-service" industry endorses Hudler's return!!!

Kind of depressing to think that the Red Wings will probably have to wait 50-75 years to get another D the caliber of Nick. You're right...only being blessed with (arguably) the second or third greatest D-man in the entire history of hockey means we got really fricking SCREWED!

1) Chrissy Pronger, but only if I can punch him in the face with a claw-hammer 2) Cindy Crosby, if by the word "punch" you mean stomp on with an iron boot until pink mist goes "poof" out of his ears and eye sockets. But yeah, those two guys I'd like to punch in the face.

After the 6-Penguins-on-the ice and I'veagyni Malkin's "he didn't MEAN to start a fight with just a couple of minutes left in the game" debacles that may actually have boned us out of the Cup last year, I say: If Vancouver is looking for "sympathy" they'll find it between "sh!t" and "symphillis" in the dictionary!

Give Mule a break. HE BLEW OUT AN ACL! While improved technology and techniques allow these to be fixed faster, recovery time is still limited by by the human attached. RETURNING TO PLAY DURING THE SAME SEASON YOU BLEW AN ACL WAS UNFATHOMABLE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO!!! Any player (football, baseball, basketball) who blows out their knee basically needs a year (or more) to return to full functionality at a professional athletic level (if ever.) His decreased performance is completely predictable and to be expected. The alternative is to have him sit out the rest of the season and rehab. Is THAT what you really want?!

PUT IN OZZIE!

Yo, Word. We's needs to be keepin' it real and REPRESENTIN now, fo-shizzle. Like, thems sweet neon lights on the bottom of the skates. Da Playas would look all gangsta an s*** if their visors were blakc so you coudlnt' see their face. Know what I'm sayin? Know what I'm sayin? Know what I'm sayin? Know what I'm sayin? Git some shocks under the nets so when da goal is scored the nets bounce up and down all bad like, Know what I'm sayin? Know what I'm sayin? Know what I'm sayin? Know what I'm sayin? Trash dat Karen nnuman--dats like old skool big time. Git some Homes to bring the Nashnul anthum party to the House! Know what i'm sayin? Da Jerseys need to be Jee-Zee! Sequins up da mAX! Black patent leather and a big "Cristal" logo would be bad-ass!

1) Wings win the Stanley Cup 2) Karen Newman vows to sing the "National Anthem" with progressively less clothes every time the Wings win. 3) Patrick Kane is unable to play since he's beaten unconscious by the "American Taxi-Cab Driver's Association." 4) Cindy Crosby gives I'veagyni Malkin an untreatable case of antibiotic resisitant syphillis...both find their careers over and G. Bettman gives them a farewell Chippendale's party. 5) Chrissy PrickPronger, embarassed by his continued existence, tries to end his life by attaching his mouth to a Zamboni exhaust pipe (not the first of such occurrence in his life), unfortunately, he only succeeds in burning his tongue, thus ruining S. Niedermayer's off-season. 6) The Florida Panthers, inexplicably, continue to have a hockey team.

This is a bad thing...a lot of people pay a lot of $$$ to see these. What if the fight spread and somebody's wife/mother/kid got hit? I've only been in one sports fisticuffs, and that was in college. Notre Dame fans would have to move about four steps up the evolutionary scale to qualify as C@CK$UCK#R$. I was at Purdue...home game. These four drunk ADULTS were knocking s*** over and pounding cars after the game (the Leaping Leprechauns won, of course) but one prick grabbed my then-girlfriend (who was wearing a Purdue sweater), pulled her sweater, and tried to pour a drink down her top. I went nuts and got the s*** beat out of me by the four until a bunch of Boiler fans pulled them off. I figure if you screw with somebody's woman, you deserve to get clobbered (even if it was not numerically wise on my part.)

Doesn't address the fact that too many teams are in crappy markets. We need to eliminate worthless, parasitic, "who-gives-a-good-frog-fart" teams that nobody want to see play. Such as colorado, anaheim, and chicago.

EPIC FAIL!