Tickets and NHL officiating...

[RoninJai 5]

I don't know if anyone else is starting to feel this way. I paid $225 a piece for my 2 tickets, my mom the same for hers, so for our foursome to tonights game, it cost us $900. Now I love my team. And I love to support my team...but I'm getting to the point where I can't justify paying that price to support the NHL when it consistantly does whatever it can to make it harder for my team to win. I don't expect things to be handed to the Wings, but I do expect a fair chance to win, and we all know thats the not reality of the situation. My father in law has already given up on it...he won't buy any more tickets...I think we're on the verge of that as well.

[KronwallCRUNCH 5]

Ticket prices are ridiculous. That's why 2,500 season ticket holders opted out of their playoff seats. Sucks when you lose support of the people that support you, ILITCH!

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

I don't know if anyone else is starting to feel this way. I paid $225 a piece for my 2 tickets, my mom the same for hers, so for our foursome to tonights game, it cost us $900. Now I love my team. And I love to support my team...but I'm getting to the point where I can't justify paying that price to support the NHL when it consistantly does whatever it can to make it harder for my team to win. I don't expect things to be handed to the Wings, but I do expect a fair chance to win, and we all know thats the not reality of the situation. My father in law has already given up on it...he won't buy any more tickets...I think we're on the verge of that as well.

If you think the NHL is purposely making the officiating bad to stop the Wings from winning, then please, give up your tickets, so I can get a shot at a seat every now and again......

The whining on this board tonight is ******* pathetic.

[Guest bullocks]

If you think the NHL is purposely making the officiating bad to stop the Wings from winning, then please, give up your tickets, so I can get a shot at a seat every now and again......

The whining on this board tonight is ******* pathetic.

very true.

[Guest jaytan]

For some reason, I don't smell a conspiracy.... Do we have to win the Stanley Cup every year just to maintain a fanbase?

Look, I'm as pissed as any Wings fan about the lloss tonight, but I'm not going to blame the refs or Illitch. We should thanks Illitch for all he's done for Detroit sports in the last generation, even if ticket prices are a little high. Remeber,it

s a business and he's just trying to make money.

[pavyaz19 1]

I wouldn't go as far as saying the NHL is against us, BUT with the calls that we have seen the last couple games, I could see how a stranger to the game would think so. I'm not saying the poster is a stranger to the game or that I agree with the comments, I'm just saying I can understand what he's saying about the officiating. I don't have enough fingers to count on to tell you the amount of times the Ducks would hit our guys before touching the puck... the amount of interference against the wings is ridiculous. I wouldn't care if they would let it go when we use a little stickwork... BUT THEY CALL EVERYTHING ON US! Did you notice the Ducks too many men as well? how about Holmstrom being dumped in front of the the net during the PP. I swear each of our 5-on-4's should have turned into 5-on-3's.

Does the NHL hate us? doubftul.

Is Ilitch purposely screwing fans with high prices? no, the guy has done a lot for us over the years and this year is the first that the fans haven't filled the seats... he will lower prices next year.

Lastly, fans at the Joe sucked tonight. I don't care if you say there are empty seats and that's why... BULLs***! You guys were damn loud for our goals, and you were damn loud when chanting "let's go red wings" after our goals... but how about any other time? I'll be at game three, and I will be extremely embarrased if that stupid arena is louder than the Joe! Shame on you people at the Joe!

[DaKineMaui 8]

so for our foursome to tonights game, it cost us $900.

:::::::stares at screen:::::well I'm trying to come up with some clever quip, but....

sorry....I have no response to this.

[RoninJai 5]

If you think the NHL is purposely making the officiating bad to stop the Wings from winning, then please, give up your tickets, so I can get a shot at a seat every now and again......

The whining on this board tonight is ******* pathetic.

You want to pony up the $900 bucks? Go right ahead, you can have my seats. And keep your f-bombs to yourself...who do you think you are, Corey Perry?

For some reason, I don't smell a conspiracy.... Do we have to win the Stanley Cup every year just to maintain a fanbase?

Absolutely not, and that wasn't the point of my post. I'm saying if I'm going to pay that price for tickets, I want to see a fair game, and it's becoming clearer and clearer that it's not a fair game. I just wondered if anyone else thought that way. I guess not.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I don't know if anyone else is starting to feel this way. I paid $225 a piece for my 2 tickets, my mom the same for hers, so for our foursome to tonights game, it cost us $900. Now I love my team. And I love to support my team...but I'm getting to the point where I can't justify paying that price to support the NHL when it consistantly does whatever it can to make it harder for my team to win. I don't expect things to be handed to the Wings, but I do expect a fair chance to win, and we all know thats the not reality of the situation. My father in law has already given up on it...he won't buy any more tickets...I think we're on the verge of that as well.

The NHL is making it harder for the Wings to win? A fair chance to win by the NHL? Come on now, don't you think you are being a bit overdramatic here?

The NHL, or the refereeing for that matters, has absolutely nothing on making things fair for the Wings. ZERO. The reason I add the officiating in this statement is that it is often complained about on here. Justified? Most times I'd say so, but realize that refereeing is inconsistent all across the board, not just for the Red Wings.

Anyways, back to the main topic at hand. Other than your ridiciulous part of the post about "fair chances", I'm on board for the rest of it. I can't imagine how hard it is to make ends meet, generally speaking, in Michigan right now for most people.

That being said though, if the Wings make the SCF (knock on wood), and they are fortunate enough to get one of those games on a Saturday if they do advance, and if I don't have to travel for work the beginning of next month, I might bite the bullet and get a ticket. I can afford an expensive game ticket or an expensive plane ticket, but probably not both at the same time, especially with me going to get some major car repairs and work done soon in all likelihood, which I wouldn't be surprised if that cost me around $1,000. We shall see what happens.....

Edited May 14, 2007 by SouthernWingsFan

[e_mcgrath88 0]

If you think the NHL is purposely making the officiating bad to stop the Wings from winning, then please, give up your tickets, so I can get a shot at a seat every now and again......

The whining on this board tonight is ******* pathetic.

It's not hard to get tickets moron

[Zion 93]

Lastly, fans at the Joe sucked tonight. I don't care if you say there are empty seats and that's why... BULLs***! You guys were damn loud for our goals, and you were damn loud when chanting "let's go red wings" after our goals... but how about any other time? I'll be at game three, and I will be extremely embarrased if that stupid arena is louder than the Joe! Shame on you people at the Joe!

Amen.

[OsGOD 3]

I don't know if anyone else is starting to feel this way. I paid $225 a piece for my 2 tickets, my mom the same for hers, so for our foursome to tonights game, it cost us $900. Now I love my team. And I love to support my team...but I'm getting to the point where I can't justify paying that price to support the NHL when it consistantly does whatever it can to make it harder for my team to win. I don't expect things to be handed to the Wings, but I do expect a fair chance to win, and we all know thats the not reality of the situation. My father in law has already given up on it...he won't buy any more tickets...I think we're on the verge of that as well.

Ouch.... looks like you got raped by Mr. Money ***** last night... I am sorry... Ticket value doesn't = my hard earned money at this stage in the game.

Hey at least you saw some goals... My last game was Game 1 versus the SHarkies and they were even worse. The only time I have EVER regretting going to a wings game.

If you think the NHL is purposely making the officiating bad to stop the Wings from winning, then please, give up your tickets, so I can get a shot at a seat every now and again......

The whining on this board tonight is ******* pathetic.

Aren't you indeed doing the same whinning you are accusing others of... just on a different subject (see bolded section)

It's called ticketmaster... you should try it sometime... they won't turn you away as long as you got a valid credit card.

Also, walking up to the Joe Box office will also do the trick... This isn't the late 90's tickets are EASY to come by if you got the $$'s

Lastly, fans at the Joe sucked tonight. I don't care if you say there are empty seats and that's why... BULLs***! You guys were damn loud for our goals, and you were damn loud when chanting "let's go red wings" after our goals... but how about any other time? I'll be at game three, and I will be extremely embarrased if that stupid arena is louder than the Joe! Shame on you people at the Joe!

Were you at the game last night? YOu tihnk the sound quality had anything to do with the position of of the mics and feed from OLN?

As for the rest of the time... hard to believe, but for the mony some of us actually try to concentrate on the game instead of investing in making noise during the play. If they intended they crowd to be loud during the game, I don't think the music would abrubtly stop as soon as the puck hits the ice. But that may just be me.

Edited May 14, 2007 by OsGOD

[Hank 0]

If you think the NHL is purposely making the officiating bad to stop the Wings from winning, then please, give up your tickets, so I can get a shot at a seat every now and again......

The whining on this board tonight is ******* pathetic.

Thank you. I complained in the GDT about some of the stuff that the Ducks are getting away with, but officiating isn't what's hurting us. The Ducks deserved to win yesterday as they outplayed us.

Give credit where it's due.

I know that I would absolutely love it if we had a team that played as hard and on the edge as the Ducks do. It reminds me of the old tough Wings from the Harold Snepts days.

That being said, I think the Wings will be better on Tuesday. We're just banged up right now. Hopefully Hasek can steal us a game in Anaheim.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

You want to pony up the $900 bucks? Go right ahead, you can have my seats. And keep your f-bombs to yourself...who do you think you are, Corey Perry?

If you're going to complain about the prices don't go. And don't act like people who are calling you out about the conspiracy mis-read your post. The implication is very clearly in there.

It's not hard to get tickets moron

It is when you live 4 hours south and have 6 people that want to go with you, moron.

Aren't you indeed doing the same whinning you are accusing others of... just on a different subject (see bolded section)

It's called ticketmaster... you should try it sometime... they won't turn you away as long as you got a valid credit card.

Also, walking up to the Joe Box office will also do the trick... This isn't the late 90's tickets are EASY to come by if you got the $$'s

NO it's called distance and # of tickets needed. Along with the fact that I'd rather deal wtih the incessant whining about refereeing here instead of in Detroit....

And no my ***** here is that if he's going to whine about the game and the cost, just don't go and let someone else give it a shot. That isn't exactly crying about Ilitch making some money off of the fans (his right) and spouting a conspiracy theory about the refs and replays.

[OsGOD 3]

NO it's called distance and # of tickets needed. Along with the fact that I'd rather deal wtih the incessant whining about refereeing here instead of in Detroit....

And no my ***** here is that if he's going to whine about the game and the cost, just don't go and let someone else give it a shot. That isn't exactly crying about Ilitch making some money off of the fans (his right) and spouting a conspiracy theory about the refs and replays.

And I repeat... Ticketmaster.com try it... you will be shocked... this isn't the late 90's anymore

... there are many more where that came from also... Can't use inability to get tickets anymore... that excuse is so yesteryear.

So now the 4 hours is impeeding you. Well this is a sunday game... you can leave your house by 9am and get there in enough time to eat before the game and then you will be home by 11pm at the latest. Travel time: CHECK... Ticket amount needed available: CHECK.... get your game on! See ya at the Joe in a week!

4 hours is nothing to go to a game... I have been to St. Louis, Chicgao, Toronto, Columbus and Buffalo via road trips and all are over 4 hours.

Edited May 14, 2007 by OsGOD

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NO it's called distance and # of tickets needed. Along with the fact that I'd rather deal wtih the incessant whining about refereeing here instead of in Detroit....

And no my ***** here is that if he's going to whine about the game and the cost, just don't go and let someone else give it a shot.

Ha ha ha. Why are you talking about distance? YOU were the one who wanted people to give up their tickets so that you could have a shot. Why do you want a shot if you aren't going to go anyway?? That's just dumb.

IMO, if someone has a right to ***** about the team it's the person who just spent $1000 to see the game.

Now, look at the bolded part. That's what everyone's doing...not going and giving others a shot and no one's stepping up to the plate to buy the tickets..which is why we're not selling out. I can't justify spending more money for the playoffs 16 games than I did for the ENTIRE 41 game regular season. That just seems silly. And if you DO drop that kind of money...and then they lose...it's HEARTBREAKING...so maybe you should just stfu because you obviously don't know what you are talking about.

[dw185 0]

I agree that the officiating in this series has been horrible so far. The play the ducks have displayed is exactly the play the league was seeking to stop with these new rules. San Jose was a far better team and played a better game than Anaheim. Anaheim is just better at bending the rules and making the calls go their way or against their opponents. Overall they play a cheap game.

[Satan81 0]

First of all this is not a homer rant on the lack of officiating, this is a rant on ALL OFFICIATING!!! This is an indictment of all hockey officiating throughout all the playoff series thus far and this includes the regular season. The major difference is you can lose a playoff series and the Stanley Cup due to incompetent, willy weak-ass calls. I can't believe the incredibly lame calls being made!!!! Let the players decide the outcome of the hockey games not these no name refs. It's like Don Cherry said a great hockey game is one where you don't have any idea who's calling the game.

Gary "THE FOOL" Bettmans mandate to call more penalties in order to increase scoring and excitement for the NHL has been nothing but a joke. The overabundance of penalties called and fear of making any contact with another player has turned our beloved sport into nothing more than glorified figure skating. BETTMAN MUST GO AND BE REPLACED BY EITHER DON CHERRY OR MR. HOCKEY GORDIE HOWE!!!!! Does abybody else remember a time when a hockey players upraised arms meant that they or someone on their team had scored a goal ? Now it's been reduced to a gesture of trying to show that the player was not guilty of a hook, hold, trip or whatever other imaginary penalty that could be called.

PIECES

SATAN81

Edited May 15, 2007 by Satan81

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

Ha ha ha. Why are you talking about distance? YOU were the one who wanted people to give up their tickets so that you could have a shot. Why do you want a shot if you aren't going to go anyway?? That's just dumb.

IMO, if someone has a right to ***** about the team it's the person who just spent $1000 to see the game.

Now, look at the bolded part. That's what everyone's doing...not going and giving others a shot and no one's stepping up to the plate to buy the tickets..which is why we're not selling out. I can't justify spending more money for the playoffs 16 games than I did for the ENTIRE 41 game regular season. That just seems silly. And if you DO drop that kind of money...and then they lose...it's HEARTBREAKING...so maybe you should just stfu because you obviously don't know what you are talking about.

Wahh wahh it's heartbreaking. Guess what? Thems the breaks.

And I won't STFU for anyone short of a Mod or Matt.

I never realized that the Wings fans of the 2000s were doing a hell of an impression of the Atlanta Braves fans.....I guess I learn something new every day....

[OsGOD 3]

Wahh wahh it's heartbreaking. Guess what? Thems the breaks.

And I won't STFU for anyone short of a Mod or Matt.

So did you get your 6 tickets yet? if not, what the hold up now... Hockeytown wants you to come visit all the cards are aligned perfectly... Tickets available... Early game... it's a go, no?

Really that STFU was more keen advice than anything else for you... you know, allowing you ample time to not say something stupid.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

And I repeat... Ticketmaster.com try it... you will be shocked... this isn't the late 90's anymore

... there are many more where that came from also... Can't use inability to get tickets anymore... that excuse is so yesteryear.

So now the 4 hours is impeeding you. Well this is a sunday game... you can leave your house by 9am and get there in enough time to eat before the game and then you will be home by 11pm at the latest. Travel time: CHECK... Ticket amount needed available: CHECK.... get your game on! See ya at the Joe in a week!

4 hours is nothing to go to a game... I have been to St. Louis, Chicgao, Toronto, Columbus and Buffalo via road trips and all are over 4 hours.

It's not an excuse. I have already made my trip to Detroit to see the Wings back in January anyway. I guess being a true fan means doing the trip twice and putting up wtih incessant whining about refs and cheap players like Tootoo....

Again if the PIstons can sell out while the Tigers weren't even in town, then the Red Wings should too. If the Wings can't get that for a playoff game, the NHL is truly screwed. I guess though that being almost exactly like the Atlanta Braves is seen as a good thing here.

But all that is not the point.

The point is, if you are going to put down the money for the playoff tickets, there is a chance that the omnipotent Wings MIGHT lose. They aren't playing Columbus or Chicago here. The refs are humans, they will make mistakes. It isn't some damned grand conspiracy to "make it hard for my team to win". That's horsedung. If the experience is only worth it if the Wings win, eventually you are going to be disappointed.

So did you get your 6 tickets yet? if not, what the hold up now... Hockeytown wants you to come visit all the cards are aligned perfectly... Tickets available... Early game... it's a go, no?

Really that STFU was more keen advice than anything else for you... you know, allowing you ample time to not say something stupid.

First off, STFU yourself.

Secondly, I'm waiting on my parents to call me back if they want to go. It really depends on them as to the number of tickets.

Thirdly, this is an absolutely stupid debate.

Don't you have some whining about a goal to do on another thread?

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You are all talk. Whining about people whining...what a hypocrite. You want people to give you tickets but don't really have the fortitude to make a few hour trip.

If you pony'd up the dough and went to the game to watch them lose you would have a place to critisize the OP.

What a horrible comeback. Because you don't really have a leg to stand on...

I'm really, really glad that you live 4 hours away so that you can never attend games. First of all, it gives you a good excuse not to attend but to be able to critisize the loyal who are fed up with ticket prices, and second I won't ever have to see your face at the Joe.

[Duckette 0]

The reffing is just as bad for both sides. We've had some pretty pathetic calls against us throughout the season as well. It's just horrible reffing. I saw we KILL MAGOO!!!

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

You are all talk. Whining about people whining...what a hypocrite. You want people to give you tickets but don't really have the fortitude to make a few hour trip.

If you pony'd up the dough and went to the game to watch them lose you would have a place to critisize the OP.

What a horrible comeback. Because you don't really have a leg to stand on...

I'm really, really glad that you live 4 hours away so that you can never attend games. First of all, it gives you a good excuse not to attend but to be able to critisize the loyal who are fed up with ticket prices, and second I won't ever have to see your face at the Joe.

Awwww...poor wittle offsides is mad at me...what'll I ever do???

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You lose at witty comebacks.