joey_corleone

I can't stand how the referee's are not held accountable for anything in the NHL. If a player or coach does something inappropriate they get penalized, fined, whatever. A ref does whatever the f he wants and nobody can even challenge it. Refs for the cup final are supposedly based on merit????? You have got to be kidding me. I mean I just can't believe that could possibly be true. The no goal in game 1 ... everybody who is anybody in the hockey community INCLUDING announcers, commentators, and even a guy I know in Pittsburg said it was terrible. Yet, you can't challenge the call. WTF is the point in having all this technology, replays, cameras, if you can't utilize them? I would really like to know what happened to the "every goal is reviewed in the war room in Toronto" bullcrap they claimed a few years back? Homer gets molested in front of the net by Gill...at times 5, 6 crosschecks in a row right in front of the ref, no call. Cleary's breeze as he skates by the net hits Fleury and it is goalie interference? Sickening. I'm not saying the refs lost the game for us, but I am saying that it sure seemed like they tried. Whats more infuriating is that there is nothing anybody can do about it.

I totally agree that Bettman is (already has) destroying the game we love. I also think this is a great idea ...however the sad reality is that nobody with the power to make the decision will care about fire Bettman night. Look at the fire Millen situation here in Detroit for God sakes. The sad truth is that people will still be IN THE STANDS, as paying customers, weather they have t-shirts and signs that say fire Bettman or not. Nothing will change until the league, NHLPA, owners, somebody does something, or until people get so fed up they actually stop supporting the league.

I agree. If there was an NHL award given to the player that exerts the absolute minimum amount of effort required to keep his job, Samuelsson might win it. Or Robert Lang haha

Everyone here knows I don't like Dom Hasek. With that being said, I can't say it was his fault at all. In fact, I feel Dom has been more solid so far this year than I've ever seen him. You can't have officiating that is that bad, on that level, facing the defending Stanley Cup champs in their freaking building and expect to win...I mean 11 powerplays? Come on! If I recall, we had 26 minutes in penalties. Thats nearly half the game lol. I blame the officials for nearly the entire loss. In my opinion nobody played undisciplined hockey. Which calls exactly? All I really saw were random whistles and ridiculous phantom calls. - Joey

I am totally with you man...you get it.

When I was talking earlier in another thread about how the new NHL rules have ruined the game completely, this kind of officiating is exactly what I was referring to. Where is the guy that replied saying how great it was because of less "clutching and holding".

Exactly... and yes, as I am posting this Z gets ******* butt ended in FRONT OF THE REF and goes for elbowing! LOL

oooooooooooooooo gotta bury that Danno!!

I am salivating

Sorry but that was a bulls*** call on Anaheim too lol...oh well lets hope what I said is true...we are somehow "owed" some pp's and stick it right up their asses right now!

Go Hank!! woooo! I pray now that we are somehow "owed" some PPs and stick it right up their asses with a goal or two

Yes, in fact all 7 calls HAVE been total and complete bulls*** in my opinion

Whats to stop Chris Chelios from having a heart to heart with the refs and getting this game going?

Ducks score on ANOTHER penalty call...suprise suprise.

This officiating is so frustrating it makes me want to puke. On BOTH teams. I swear to God they blow the whistle at random intervals then draw a card out of a hat in the penalty box to see what they will call.